Angels
Words and Music by Marty Sampson
The holiest place there could ever be
All you can do is bow
Before the one who made heaven and earth
Before the Almighty God
For Him alone
Sing with the angels
Sing with the angels
Singing the name of the lord
Singing the name of the lord
For every soul
He gave it all
Given for all of mankind
Eternal life is His alone
Given to all who believe
In Him alone
Jesus...
Jesus...
Jesus...
And with a wink
And a smile
Yuo toss your instructions on
How to catch a train
While it's moving
You always were the one
That kept us all guessing
How you could survive
The fall you had
From Medicine Men
To my DJ friends
They all have said
"he's got to watch his back"
They're Trapping Angels
By the Potomac
But it's not how you think
You'd be surprised
They Liberate
Your Dreamscape
Till you can't remember
To recall
Where your wings
Have gone
Tell me where they've gone
From Jordan to Chicago
Another child is born
Trusting that we'll get it
Right this time
I should've worn my glasses
You said just to trust
Then you chose
To sign the dotted line
From Modern Magdalenes
To my DJ friends
They all have said
"he's got to watch his back"
They're Trapping Angels
By the Potomac
But it's not how you think
You'd be surprised
They Liberate
Your Dreamscape
Till you can't remember
To recall
Where your wings
Have gone
Before I close my eyes
I can still you smilin'
Before the Truth was
Buried Alive
Did we prize it
Before you change the world
Maybe boy you should change
Your girl
They're Trapping Angels
By the Potomac
They're Trapping Angels
Lord I know this
They're Trapping Angels
By the Potomac
But we're getting closer
I said we're getting closer
To where they've gone
Tell me where gone
"Take this man to prison"
The man heard Herod say
And then four squads of soldiers
Came and carried him away
Chained up between two watchmen
Peter tried to sleep
But beyond the walls an endless prayer
Was lifting for his keep
Then a light cut through the darkness
Of a lonely prison cell
And the chains that bound the man
Of God just opened up and fell
And running to his people
Before the break of day
There was only one thing on his mind
Only one thing to say
Angels watching over me, every move I make
Angels watching over me
Angels watching over me, every step I take
Angels watching over me
God only knows the times
My life was threatened just today
A reckless car ran out of gas
Before it ran my way
Near misses all around me
Accidents unknown
Though I never see with human eyes
The hands that lead me home
But I know they're all around me
All day and through the night
When the enemy is closing in
I know sometimes they fight
To keep my feet from falling
I'll never turn away
If you're asking what's protecting me
Then you're gonna hear me say
Got His angels watching over me, every move I make
Angles watching over me
Angels watching over me, every step I take
Angels watching over me
Angels watching over me
Angels watching over me
Got His angels watching over me, every move I make
Angels watching over me
Angels watching over me, every step I take
Angels watching over me
Angels watching over me
Angels watching over me
Angels watching over me
Angels watching over me
Though I never see with human eyes
I sit and wait
Does an angel
Contemplate my fate?
Do they know
The places where we go
When we're gray and old
'Cause I've been told
That salvation
Lets their wings unfold
So when I'm lyin' in my bed
Thoughts runnin' through my head
And I feel that love is dead
I'm lovin' angels instead
And through it all
She offers me protection
A love and affection
Whether I'm right or wrong
And down the waterfall
Wherever it may take me
I know that life won't break me
When I come to call
She won't forsake me
I'm lovin' angels instead
When I'm feelin' weak
And my pain walks down
A one way street
I look above
And I know I'll always be blessed with love
And as the feeling grows
She breathes flesh to my bones
An' when love is dead
I'm lovin' angels instead
And through it all
She offers me protection
A lot of love and affection
Whether I'm right or wrong
And down the waterfall
Wherever it may take me
I know that life won't break me
When I come to call
She won't forsake me
I'm lovin' angels instead
And through it all
She offers me protection
A lot of love and affection
Whether I'm right or wrong
And down the waterfall
Wherever it may take me
I know that life won't break me
When I come to call
She won't forsake me
In a room without a window, your head starts caving in
Your mind takes you to places, that it's never been
In a house without a hallway, there's nothing more to see
Four walls full of pickup sticks and atrophy
Where the sun shines bright and I don't have to lock my door
Where the moon is full and I'm not tired, anymore
Where angels carry me along the way
Where I can close my eyes at night and pray
Where angels sit and watch me while I look up to the sky
Where angels carry me along the way
In a grave without a body, the worms lay all alone
This room is a tomb, it's my home
In a song without a meaning, your mind starts going blank
Send in reinforcements, we need a tank
Where the sun shines bright and I don't have to lock my door
Where the moon is full and I'm not tired, anymore
Where angels carry me along the way
Where I can close my eyes at night and pray
Where angels sit and watch me while I look up to the sky
Where angels carry me along the way
Spread your wings around me, take me higher into the air
Free prisoners from shackles, teach them they should not despair
In time we all will know, our destination, which way we will go
Where angels carry me along the way
Where I can close my eyes at night and pray
Where angels sit and watch me while I look up to the sky
I sit and wait
Does an angel contemplate my fate
And do they know
The places where we go
When we're grey and old
'Cause I have been told
That salvation lets their wings unfold
So when I'm lying in my bed
Thoughts running through my head
And I feel the love is dead
I'm loving angels instead
And through it all she offers me protection
A lot of love and affection
Whether I'm right or wrong
And down the waterfall
Wherever it may take me
I know that life won't break me
When I come to call, she won't forsake me
I'm loving angels instead
When I'm feeling weak
And my pain walks down a one way street
I look above
And I know I'll always be blessed with love
And as the feeling grows
She breathes flesh to my bones
And when love is dead
I'm loving angels instead
And through it all she offers me protection
A lot of love and affection
Whether I'm right or wrong
And down the waterfall
Wherever it may take me
I know that life won't break me
When I come to call, she won't forsake me
I'm loving angels instead
And through it all she offers me protection
A lot of love and affection
Whether I'm right or wrong
And down the waterfall
Wherever it may take me
I know that life won't break me
When I come to call, she won't forsake me
Me and some of the boys were sitting around the other night
Started talking about politics, religion, love and life
And what a shame it was about 9/11
And what about hell and what about heaven
And is there or isn't there angels on earth
And then one guy said
Well you can take that for what it's worth
If it's something I can see or something I can touch
Well I might believe in all that stuff
So I just had to say to him
Are you telling me that you've never seen an angel?
Never felt the presence of one standing by?
No robe of white
No halo in site
Well you missed the most obvious thing
Man, are you blind?
Just look in your mothers eyes
And then I said who went through the pain
And smiled through the tears on the day of your birth?
She counted your fingers and toes and thank god you were whole
Son you outta know who loved you first, that's right
And who always came running everytime you cried out
And how many more things have you forgotten about
And who tried their best to teach you wrong from right
And how many nights did she leave on the light
While she waited and prayed that you came in
And who'd be there for you right up to the end
Think about it tonight
Are you telling me that you've never seen an angel?
Never felt the presence of one standing by?
No robe of white
No halo in site
Well you missed the most obvious thing
Aww Man, are you blind?
Just look in your mothers eyes
Aww Man, are you blind?
Just look in your mothers eyes
That's right
Angels, angels
They didn't want to be but suddenly they're free
Angels, angels
I hear them in the trees and I wish that one was me
I watch clouds roll overhead
No, it's me that moves instead
Round and round, and round
Clouds are faces I can see
I can see they're seein' me
I can tell 'cause we know each other well
We know each other well
Angels, angels
I hear them in the trees, I wish that one was me
Angels how high have you been?
Since you left this world I'm in
And what did you see 'bout me?
Will my time go very far?
Does love reach up where you are?
Then take it along, I pay you for your songs
Can I go? Can I go along?
Angels, angels
They didn't want to be but suddenly they're free
Angels, angels
I hear them in the trees and wish that one was me
I wish that one
Lookin' back, the day you left
Where you went, I can only guess
Where I'll be, some other day
A memory, with all I had to say
You gave the love, you had to spare
And in return, I built an island there
When I dream, I see your face
That's when we laugh, somewhere in outer space
The angels over me have seen me cry in agony
The angels over me they all believe this side of me
Growin' up, without a cause
I hear the tune, of my own applause
There ain't no right, when there's a wrong
It's my mistake, I knew it all along
I've been a fool, what's done is done
I can't erase, and I refuse to run
I'm beggin' you, to please forgive
My heart is true, it's just the way I live
The angels over me have seen me cry in agony
The angels over me they all believe this side of me
They've seen me cry! (x3)
The angels over me have seen me cry in agony
They've see me cry!
The angels over me they all believe this side of me
The holiest place there could ever be
All you can do is bow
Before the one who made heaven and Earth
Before the Almighty God, for Him alone
Sing with the Angels
Sing with the Angels
Singing the name of the Lord
Singing the name of the Lord
For every soul, He gave it all
Given for all of mankind
Eternal life is His alone
Given to all who believe in Him alone
Jesus, Jesus
Verse:
Through dangers seen and unseen,
there's protection all around.
Under the refuge of God's wings,
security is found.
For there are angels
watching you to keep you in all of your ways,
keeeping you from stumbling,
so don't be afraid.
God's appointed angels watching over me,
angels watching over me.
Angels watching over me,
angels watching over me.
Unseen hands, guiding me,
through my storm and through my rain.
Healing hands, holding me,
through the darkness of my pain.
Wings of love encamped around me,
so I will not fear,
for I can feel thier presence hovering near.
Nothing but...
Angels watching over me
Angels watching over me
Angels watching over me
Angels watching over me
All night, all day,
angels watching over me my Lord.
All night, all day,
angels watching over me.
All night, all day,
angels watching over me my Lord.
All night, all day.
Angels watching over me,
angels watching over me.
Angels watching over me,
Angels watching over me.
Angels watching over me,
Angels watching over me.
Angels watching over me,
Angels watching over me.
Angels watching over me,
Sometimes really all
It looks like some Chagall
I close my eyes and
Disappear for a while
And the world is falling
Slowly out of view
While the angels are singing
They are
Yeah the angels are singing
Me home
3 o'clock in the morning
And I'm feeling no pain
From way up here really
It sure all looks the same
And the stars are spinning
Like pinwheels in the sky
While the angels are singing
They are
Yeah the angels are singing
Me home
I think I'll hang around a little longer
Just close my eyes
And float away to nowhere
And I wonder if I'll ever
Get used to this life
I've been living
While the angels are singing
They are
Yeah the angels are singing
Me home
Home
I sit and wait, does an angel contemplate my fate
And do they know the places where we go
When we're gray and old, 'cause I've been told
That salvation lets their wings unfold
So when I'm lyin' in my bed
Thoughts runnin' through my head
And I feel that love is dead
I'm lovin' angels instead
And through it all
He offers me protection
A lot of love and affection
Whether I'm right or wrong
And down the waterfall
Wherever it may take me
I know that life won't break me
When I come to call, he won't forsake me
I'm lovin' angels instead
When I'm feeling weak
And my pain walks down a one way street
I look above
And I know I'll always be blessed with love
And as the feeling grows
He breathes flesh to my bones
And when the love is dead
I'm lovin' angels instead
And through it all
He offers me protection
A lot of love and affection
Whether I'm right or wrong
And down the waterfall
Wherever it may take me
I know that life won't break me
When I come to call, he won't forsake me
I'm lovin' angels instead
I'm lovin' angels instead
Oh, oh yeah
And through it all
He offers me protection
A lot of love and affection
Whether I'm right or wrong
And down the waterfall
Wherever it may take me
I know that life won't break me
When I come to call, he won't forsake me
We're standing on a hill
You and me
Touched by god
Love is our armory
Love is our armory
You hold my hand
Lights from above
Flowers around us
They bow for our love
Birds are singing
In the sky
Give me your hand
We have to go
Into the wasteland
We are the last defenders
Our wings spread wide
You pressed my hand
Our fate is to fight
They can`t tear us apart
The sky is fading to grey
Tears in our eyes
Tears in our eyes
We are walking over skeletons
We are praying for another day
We are passing recent battlefields
Our love can't force this storm away
Lloyd talking
Angels descending bring from above
Echos of mercy whispers of love
When hearts listens angels sing I
Never knew the feeling her love would bring.
Verse 1
Heaven put an angel at my side with
Wings like shelter in the night
Just hold me close for a little bit longer
Stay with me til the morning flight
Chorus
Maybe I'm a fool to fall for angels
Maybe I'm a fool to fall for angels
Maybe I'm a fool to fall for angels
Cause they always fly away
Verse 2
Fly away angel go be free
Won't you come back home and f**k with me
Hold me close for a little bit longer
Til heaven calls you away from me
Chorus
Bridge
Give me wings to fly away
Like Icarus I'm having a bad day
See your shadows on the sun
As you're flying far away
Chorus
Nothings left here but he sun
The human race i on the run
The ancient gods should have told
The earth has never felt this old
Countdown has begun
Apocalypse has got a son
Angels
Flying over the land of blood
Angels
Warriors that Heaven forgot
Read my bloodstained apoca-lips
21st century son of a bitch
Speaking with the mouth of a whore
Riding with the horsemen of four
Countdown has begun
Apocalypse has got a son
Angels
Flying over the land of blood
Angels
Warriors that Heaven forgot
Angels
Didnt come here for you and me
Angels
Why did you leave us here in misery
The touch of your hand, will let me know
You take me in, and let me go
If not for love, why would we meet
How is it done, two into one
CHORUS:
We're lifted up by angels
Higher than the world
Strong enough to leave it
Bound to leave the secrets
Angels never heard
We're lifted up by angels...
You understand, yet never say
How every plan would fade away
If not for love, where would you be
Ashes to dust, water to rust
Away from me
(chorus)
Close enough to heaven
Above the rain
Darkness cannot reach us
Let the angels teach us
Only love remains
We're lifted up by angels
Given wings to fly
Leave the night behind us
Trust the light to find us
Even as we rise
We're lifted up by angels ...
Close enough to heaven
Above the rain
Darkness cannot reach us
Let the angels teach us
Only love remains
(chorus)
I sit and wait
Does an angel contemplate my fate?
And do they know the places where we go
When we're gray and old?
'Cause I've been told
That salvation lets their wings unfold
So when I'm lying in my bed
Thoughts running through my head
And I feel that love is dead
I'm loving angels instead
And through it all she offers me protection
A lot of love and affection, whether I'm right or wrong
And down the waterfall wherever it may take me
I know that life won't break me
When I come to call she won't forsake me
I'm loving angels instead
When I'm feeling weak
And my pain walks down a one way street
I look above
And I know I'll always be blessed with love, oh
And as the feeling grows
She breathes flesh to my bones
And I feel that love is dead
I'm loving angels instead
And through it all she offers me protection
A lot of love and affection, whether I'm right or wrong
And down the waterfall wherever it may take me
I know that life won't break me
When I come to call she won't forsake me
I'm loving angels instead
Through it all she offers me protection
A lot of love and affection whether I'm right or wrong
And down the waterfall wherever it may take me
I know that life won't break me
When I come to call she won't forsake me
I'm loving angels instead, oh
I'm loving angels instead
All the things I've done before this
They don't mean a thing
And all the words spoken before this
Won't be said again
Suddenly, so much of me
Has no need to pretend
There's nothing like the truth
To bring her back to you
And everyone I've met before this
Ain't seen me with you
Angel, angel, angel
Angel, my angel, my angel
You're the only one
Who knows what I go through
Sometimes you even feel it
More than me, baby
And I don't know how
I ever got by without you
There's nothing like the truth
When you've got nothing left to do
And every night I thank the universe
That I found you
Angel, my angel, my angel
And I don't have to wonder
What the world thinks about me
I know you're in my corner
You're always surrounding me
With your love, baby, oh, angel
And if we all explode
You see, we would never know
But I just told the pieces of my soul
Reach out to you, to find my angel
Angel, my angel
Angel, my angel, my angel
Angel, my lovin' angel
Keep calling me, angel
Keep calling me, angel
Angel, keep calling, angel
Keep calling, angel
Sparkling angel I believed
You are my savior in my time of need
Blinded by faith, I couldn't hear
All the whispers, the warnings so clear
I see the angels, I'll lead them to your door
There's no escape now, no mercy no more
No remorse 'cause I still remember
The smile when you tore me apart
You took my heart, deceived me right from the start
You showed me dreams, I wished they turn into real
You broke the promise and made me realize
It was all just a lie
Sparkling angel, I couldn't see
Your dark intentions, your feelings for me
Fallen angel, tell me why
What is the reason, the thorn in your eye?
I see the angels, I'll lead them to your door
There's no escape now, no mercy no more
No remorse 'cause I still remember
The smile when you tore me apart
You took my heart, deceived me right from the start
You showed me dreams, I wished they turn into real
You broke the promise and made me realize
It was all just a lie
Could have been forever
Now we have reached the end
This world may have failed you
It doesn't give you a reason why
You could have chosen a different path in life
The smile when you tore me apart
You took my heart, deceived me right from the start
You showed me dreams, I wished they turn into real
You broke the promise and made me realize
It was all just a lie
Could have been forever
Now we have reached the end
The Angels are on T.V. tonight
Grey puke, celluloid shit
The army have sent a mission to Ireland
Just to see to it
Kojack is on the streets again
Grey puke, fucking shit
The army say the seek peace in Ireland
And they'll see to it
Chorus That they keep in line, horizontal hold
Keep in line, vertical hold
Keep in line, brightness
Keep in line, contrast
Keep in line, VISION ON
Coronation Street is on twice a week
Grey puke, fucking shit
The army say they seek peace in Ireland
And they'll see to it
The army are on the news report
REAL WAR. BULLETS. DEATH
They're beating fuck out of someone they caught
Just to see to it
Another holiday from all the vampires
And all the sycophants caught on the highwire
So sexy, sexy babe you know i need some
To pass the time away to get relief from
All this life that's filled with wanton tragedy
Just like a runaway with no esace zone
You'd think i'd find a way you'd think i'd fake one
But all my life's been filled with wanton tragedy
Where's my angels i'm a naked soul
Where's my angels i'm a naked soul
So just for heaven's sake i'll try to face this
It's just a chance you take to get a last kiss
So sexy, sexy babe you know i need some
To pass the time away to get relief from
All this life that's filled with wanton tragedy
Where's my angels i'm a naked soul
Where's my angels i'm a naked sould
Now don't you hide from me
Don't you hide from me
Don't you hide from me
All my life's been filled with wanton tragedy
Where's my angels i'm a naked soul
Where's my angels i'm a naked soul
Now don't you hide from me
Don't you hide from me
Don't you hide from me
Don't you hide from me
Don't send me roses send me fire
fill me up I'm falling more than I fell before
Save your scars don't leave them burning
take your time don't wait for the rest to come
& come on love we can face another day
I can hear the angels coming to chase the night away...
Easy now & watch for warning
close your eyes & wait for the light to shine
we can take it all together
take my head & give it to a stranger
So come on love we can face another day
I sit and wait does an angel contemplate
My fate and do they know the places
Where we go when we're gray and old
'Cos I have been told that salvation, lets their wings unfold
So when I'm lying in my bed, thoughts running through my head
And I feel that love is dead, I'm loving angels instead
And through it all she offers me protection, a lot of love and affection
Whether I'm right or wrong and down the waterfall
Wherever it may take me, I know that life won't break me
When I come to call, she won't forsake me, I'm loving angels instead
When I'm feeling alone and my pain walks down
Down a one way street, well I look above
And I know that I'll always be blessed with love
As the feeling grows
She breathes flesh to my bones and when love is dead
I'm loving angels instead
And through it all she offers me protection, a lot of love and affection
Whether I'm right or wrong and down the waterfall
Wherever it may take me, I know that life won't break me
When I come to call, she won't forsake me, I'm loving angels instead
And through it all she offers me protection, a lot of love and affection
Whether I'm right or wrong and down the waterfall
Wherever it may take me, I know that life won't break me
another holiday from all the vampires
and all the sycophants caught on the highwire
so sexy, sexy babe you know i need some
to pass the time away to get relief from
all this life that's filled with wanton tragedy
just like a runaway with no escape zone
you'd think i'd find a way you'd think i'd fake one
but all my life's been filled with wanton tragedy
where's my angels i'm a naked soul
where's my angels i'm a naked soul
so just for heaven's sake i'll try to face this
it's just a chance you take to get a last kiss
so sexy, sexy babe you know i need some
to pass the time away to get relief from
all this life that's filled with wanton tragedy
where's my angels i'm a naked soul
where's my angels i'm a naked soul
now don't you hide from me
don't you hide from me
don't you hide from me
all my life's been filled with wanton tragedies
where's my angels i'm a naked soul
where's my angels i'm a naked soul
now don't you hide from me
don't you hide from me
don't you hide from me
don't you hide from me
please don't
Wake me if you're out there!
Through the glass in my bedroom window,
In the bushes far below,
I thought I saw an unfamiliar shadow,
Among the ones I so clearly know.
I've been sleeping with the nightlight unplugged,
With a note on the rocking chair,
That says I'm dreaming of the life I once loved,
So wake me if you're out there.
Living close to the ground,
It's seventh heaven because there are angels all around,
Among my frivolous thoughts,
I believe there are beautiful things seen by the astronauts.
So wake me if you're out there!
Wake me if you're out there!
In the dust on my cellar staircase,
A pair of footprints followed me,
I saw a flicker in the fake fireplace,
Blinked again, but there was nothing to see.
I've been leaving all the windows unlocked,
With a basket by the oak tree,
'Cause I'll be picking up the acorns that fall off,
If you'll be climbing up to meet me.
Living close to the ground!
It's seventh heaven because there are angels all around,
Among my frivolous thoughts,
I believe there are beautiful things seen by the astronauts.
So wake me if you're out there!
I keep my knees black and blue 'cause they often hit the hardwood floor,
(Wake me if you're out there),
And I believe, so I'm not praying to the ceiling anymore,
And I've been sleeping with the nightlight unplugged,
With a note on the rocking chair that says I'm dreaming of the life I once loved,
So wake me if you're out there.
Living close to the ground!
It's seventh heaven 'cause there are angels all around,
Among my frivolous thoughts,
I believe there are beautiful things seen by the astronauts!
The indications reveal,
(Wake me if you're out there),
That few of us realise life is quite so real,
So if you're dying to see,
I guarantee there are angels around your vicinity!
So if you're dying to see,
The touch of your hand will let me know
You'll take me in then let me go
If not for love why would we meet?
How is it turned two into one so easily?
We're lifted up by Angels
You understand, and you never say
How every plan could fade away
If not for love where would you be?
Ashes to dust, water to rust, away from me
We're lifted up by Angels
Higher than the world
Strong enough to leave it
Bound to learn the secret
Angels never hurt
Close enough to heaven
Above the rain
Darkness cannot reach us
Let the angels teach us
Only love remains
We're lifted up by Angels
Given wings to fly
Leave the night behind us
Trust the light to find us
Even as we rise
We're lifted up by Angels
We're lifted up by Angels
Higher than the world
Strong enough to leave it
Bound to learn the secret
That angels never hurt
We're lifted up by Angels
Above the rain
Darkness cannot reach us
Let the angels teach us
Only love remains
There are no angels left in America anymore
They left after the Second World War heading west
Stopping briefly in Japan during the 60's
Then in Tianamen Square during the last decade
They kept heading west to who knows where
What are they after?
What are they looking for?
A messiah who never comes?
A virgin birth?
A perfect drug?
A sign, any kind of sign?
Anything that looks slightly out of the ordinary
Flying over fields and factories
Momma's going off her head
Daddy's bringing home the bacon
Open up the pearly gates
Fruit of salty lubrication
Tangled up in arms and legs
I can barely touch the bottom
Now I'm working up a sweat!
I'm ready now
I'm ready now
I can barely touch my own self
How could I touch someone else?
I am just an advertisement
For a version of myself
Like molecules in constant motion
Like a million nervous tics
I am quivering in anticipation
Like the sunlight on their wings
I'm ready now (don't look back)
I'm ready now (I'm ready for this)
I'm ready now
The sensuous world - the smell of the sea
The sweat off their wings - the fruit from the trees
The angel inside - who will meet me tonight
On wings of desire - I come back alive
I'm ready
I'm ready (I put the dogs outside)
I'm ready
I'm ready (to take that ride)
I'm ready now
I'm ready now (to take that wine)
Did it ever cross your mind
to leave the world behind
take a walk with friends
no longer alive
When the days they pass you by
like the clouds run through the sky
you're in your heart
still wondering why
No more playgrounds
no more laughter in the sun
Hard times will come
marching feet and men with guns
this time we need
angels to protect our homes
.one for every house
No more playgrounds
no more laughter in the sun
Hard times will come
marching feet and men with guns
The salty air of July '96
I bought a 12 speed just to impress a chick
Back in '96
We’re eating ice cream at the docks
You let it drip all down your chin
You want me to lick it off
I rode my bike all night just to see you
Across the bridge outside of Pt. Pleasant
In the night
People would say "There’s that boy, there’s that boy again!"
There’s that boy in the night
People would say "There’s that boy in the night."
The summer breeze of August '96
I spent my nights out late at night a bit
For the hell of it
She’s two years older than myself
Sandy hair with the face of an angel
Dancing all by herself
By 9 PM we were fixed on the boardwalk
Promises brooding with doubt and resilience
What a beautiful night
People would say "There’s that boy and that girl again!"
"There’s those two in the night!"
People would say "There’s that boy in the night."
I don’t believe we ever spoke again
The summer flames of 1996
Now smoldering ashes
People would say that they had someone like that
To love only at night
Lord
won't you make it go away
i don't need it back some other day
i only think i'm tired
Lord
i am naked in these chains
don't let my doubt restrain me
i only think i'm tired
Lord
oh i once had bigger plans
i once held tender hands
but now the past just lies
Lord
oh i need to find a voice
i need to find a motivation
not to feel so tired
oh Lord!
angels
i see angels
falling at my side
angels
i see angels
falling at my side
and my eyes are open wide
and my arms no longer tied
an illusion has just died
(Spencer-Neeson-R. Brewster-Manning)
Young girl, hitch-hiking on the highway
cruising by, a perfect stranger look my way
she flagged me down, I turned around
yes I'm ready for the lost and found
what is this, all you wanna do is play
Young girl, leave your doll alone
there's no more skippin' on the rope
somebody say come back home
you say no! No! No!
Jump back baby
State of shock, what ya doin' to me
in your face, saw a map of my destiny
too hot to handle, too cold to hold
could it be, y'r tryin' to save my soul
When it's time to start the show
you tell me that it's time to go
look at you -- y'r at the edge
y' say no! No! No!
Jump back baby
Young girl, hitch-hiking on the highway
cruising by, a perfect stranger look my way
state of shock one more shot
all I'm asking for is what you got
what is this, why you tryin' to run away
Jump back baby
(Brewster-Neeson-Brewster-Throckman)
I've thinking of far out places, trying to find a cool oasis,
get away from living in the streets,
where dirty money is the game, the dealer never knows your name,
people marching to the same old beat.
The street's alive with pretty girls, who take you all around the
world, if you've got enough to pay the price,
neon lights, they beckon you, come and see what we can do,
watch a colour movie, ain't it nice?
(Chorus)
Oh won't you please just let me use your telephone,
I've had enough I want to take a taxi home,
Take me from the heat, take me from this city streets
Take me, take me home -- take me home.
I've been walking these streets at night, hoping I don't get in a
fight, doing what I did the night before,
hanging `round the alley way, wandering down by the bay,
watching drunken sailors trying to score.
(Neeson-Spencer-R. Brewster-Towers)
Mother cut her finger
and it won't stop bleeding
should've stayed in bed
but the family needed feeding
positively negative
take another sedative
tried to break the chain
but the pain is so repetitive
Picking up the pieces
pushing for a prize
running out of aces
running out of alibies
Take an X, take me
Take an X, take me
Take an X, take me
Take an X, take me
Mother cut her finger
and it won't stop bleeding
should've stayed in bed
but the family needed feeding
father's in the kitchen
counting out his money
shooting down expresso
with a little taste of honey
Picking up the pieces
pushing for a prize
the cracks are on yer faces
the mask is in your eyes
y' sit inside the temple
selling wisdom to the wise
running out of aces
running out of alibies
Take an X, take me
Take an X, take me
Take an X, take me
Take an X, take me
Take an X, take me
Take an X, take me
Take an X, take me
(Brewster-Neeson-Brewster)
He was selling postcards from a paper stand
a whiskey bottle in his withered hand
he put a finger on a photo from an old magazine
and saw himself in the shadow of his dream
They found him with his head inside a tin-pot crown
told him his feet stank and took him downtown
called him agitator, spy and thief
shut him up in solitary third degree
take a long line, reel him in
He tried to appeal to the king of might
he said "I'm just excercising my sacred right"
the king he said "You ain't got no rights
you're a madman, a traitor, get outta my sight"
take along line, reel him in
They put him aboard a well wound whirlwind
pulled out his teeth and rold him to grin
he gave them a smile, pulled out a bottle of wine
and said "I never existed, you've been wasting your time"
take a long line, reel him in
(Brewster-Neeson-Brewster)
He comes from a wasteland where stones misdeed into the night
they pretend they feed him, then shoot him down in the
search light
They're putting words in your mouth so you talk like them
dressing you up in a straight jacket
Wearing his straight jacket, taking his pay back in scars
she lies beside him and tells him that life's not too hard
They're putting words in your mouth so you talk like them
dressing you up in a straight jacket
Caught by the fear and the anger of all you despise
wanting the feeling of eden, you've learnt how to die
(Brewster-Eccles)
There's a man at the backdoor
got a special feel
looking over his shoulder
another hollow deal
goin' to show you a mountain
goin' to offer you pearls
goin' to make you believe
you can shake the world
Soft words of wisdom, tender loving care
gold watch gains an hour, time to spare
and they give you a title
all the things you adore
funny how you're as hungry as before
Like an 8-ball broken in two
another hero standing over you
So they closed your number
didn't like your style
some off duty business in the private file
when they showed you a mountain
when they offered you pearls
did you really believe
you could shake the world
Like an 8-ball broken in two
another hero standing over you
Would y' give if y' could
would y' fall where y' stood
would y' shatter, would it matter
would you lie down and die like you should
Like an 8-ball broken in two
another hero standing over you
(Brewster-Spencer-Eccles)
Trick dog, nice trick
gotta get me off the hook
fight back, bite back
gotta get out of that neighbourhood
Don't want no rose
don't need no shows
no blow by blows
oh no
Gotta get some love
get some of that love
Pay out, pay out
got to give me all you've got
live nice, no dice
take my books and burn the lot
Don't want no rose
don't need no shows
no blow by blows
oh no
Gotta get some love
get some of that love
How time flies when you're on my mind
you walked right out the book
look right back, leave no track in my neighbourhood
black cat moan, stand alone
if I'm not back by two
doin' my dash, I should've known
this badge ain't foolin' you
Don't want no rose
don't need no shows
no blow by blows
oh no
Gotta get some love
get some of that love
(Neeson-Leib)
She gives me love for only half the night
she smiles at me and then says goodbye
then she's gone -- baby don't go
she makes want it but she won't be mine
she takes my body when she's got the time
that's love -- you don't get love for nothing
But it's alright, I got all night
all night for you
Now when she wants it she can't be denied
no one's enough to keep her satisfied
but I try -- God knows how I've tried
my friends'r saying that she's using me
but I don't mind just keep choosing me
I need you -- woman I don't need no one else
But it's alright, I got all night
all night for you
She lives her life out of a magazine
she thinks a man is just a love machine
that's all -- all I wanna do
so give me love for only half the night
and take my body till you're satisfied
take it all, take it all
But it's alright, I got all night
all night for you
(Brewster-Neeson-Brewster)
Poor paper pilot try to get ahead of time
pin you down, speed it up just obey the signs
in the middle of the night
do the cryptic voices ever sleep?
had a mind of your own, gave it all away
keeping pace with the pain, never learned to play
in the middle of your isolation
do you shoot sorrow in your veins?
Alexander, always worried
why are you in such a hurry?
Alexander, Alexander
Up against the wall with a honey-tongued fate
bleed you dry, burn you out, make you feel the weight
in the middle of a secret garden
something inside is breaking down
Alexander, always worried
why are you in such a hurry?
Alexander, Alexander
Take a look at yourself Alexander
living like a no-man's-lander
better take what they hand ya
nobody's ever gonna try to understand you
Alexander, Alexander
Slow down Alexander
Slow down Alexander
Slow down Alexander
slow down, slow down
(Brewster-Neeson-Brewster)
She walks down the line, no sense of time
eternity...
she talks of the years, blinded by tears
her magesty...
fantasy, the mirror that's confused her
She pleaded guilty to a charge of perverse delight
trying to control the childhood dream that
haunts her through the night
is it the spoken truth or it the truth that is heard?
there's no one speaking and no one's listening to words
On skid row after dark
On skid row after dark
On skid row after dark
She hides in the night, turns down her light
time to wait...
she holds out her hand, dreams of her man
love or hate --- is all too late
already she was dying
She pleaded guilty to a charge of perverse delight
trying to control the childhood dream that
haunts her through the night
is it the spoken truth or it the truth that is heard?
there's no one speaking and no one's listening to words
On skid row after dark
On skid row after dark
On skid row after dark
(Brewster-Eccles-Amanda Brewster)
When you're on your knees in broken glass
when you're stuck on speed
and it goes too fast
when your body lies down to sleep
all the remedies in the world
won't make it last
Did you see someone that you recognised
in the looking glass, someone else's eyes
shut your mind and pray
this is your judgement day
Behind the stonewall
on the wrong side of the law
behind the stonewall
you know the score
gonna cost twice as much
if you wanna try to keep in touch
behind the stonewall y' don't belong anymore
Did you see someone that you recognised
in the looking glass, someone else's eyes
did you cry out in the night
did it carry your fears away like a loaded dice
shut your eyes and pray
this is your judgement day
it ain't easy to fade away
Behind the stonewall
on the wrong side of the law
behind the stonewall
you know the score
gonna cost twice as much
if you wanna try to keep in touch
behind the stonewall y' don't belong anymore
(Brewster-Neeson-Brewster)
(Would you like some of this?)
Drop the morning overdose, the day has just begun
draw back te veil, bare your stonenity, your bleeding gums
you look in the looking glass before you look outside
stand and stare your fish-eye's open wide
Live along the hour glass, don't need no alibi
the tragic end that's just begun
there's a shodow in your eye
the day is only half past, you might see eye to eye
but who'd make love to and outcast?
Take off your jewel of jewels, where's your social war?
just don't leave your wet footprints on my bedroom door
you look at the lightning, you do not blink
feeling for the scar -- but it's too late now
to suffer much -- it's gone too far
(Ian Hunter)
Well the times gettin' hard for you little girl
I'm a hummin' and a strummin' all over God's world
you don't remember when you got your last meal
and you forgot just how a woman feels
you didn't know what rock n' roll was
until you met a drummer on a greyhound bus
I got there in the nick of time
before he got his hands across your state line
well in the middle of the night
on the open road
and the heater don't work and it's oh-so cold
you're gettin' tired, you're lookin' kinda peaked
the music off the street, drive you off your feet
you didn't know how rock n' roll looked
until you caught your sister with a guy from the crew
half-way home in the parking lot
by the look in her eyes she was givin' what she got
Once bitten twice shy, babe
Woman you're a mess gonna die in your sleep
all the blood on my hand and my Les Paul heat
I can't leave you home cos you're runnin' around
my best friend told me you're the best trick in town
You didn't know that rock n' roll burned
so you bought a candle and you loved and you learned
you got the rhythm, you got the speed
mamma's little baby likes it short and sweet
Once bitten twice shy, babe
I didn't know ya got a rock n' roll record
until a saw your picture on another guy's jacket
you told me I was the only one
and look at you now, well it's dark as it's dumb
Once bitten twice shy, babe
(Bidstrup-Neeson)
Amanda the actress waits at the station
she's drifting with nothing to do
with dilettante steps she's quick to accept
the weather and times turning screw
she lives in a tower with defences
she learned from her mother and friends
she walks like a pharaoh, dresses in day-glo
when she's in pain she pretends...
That late in the night when the lights are all out
then she slips off her stockings and shoes
she makes you her lover and lets you discover
the smiles she keeps, she keeps for you
She keeps no, she keeps no
she keeps no secrets from you
Facing the morning, wearing her shadow
she throws her dice and I-ching
success in Japan, a rescuing man
knows she won't change anything
`Cause late in the night when the lights are all out
then she slips off her stockings and shoes
she makes you her lover and lets you discover
the smiles she keeps, she keeps for you
She keeps no, she keeps no
she keeps no secrets from you
she keeps no secrets from you
she keeps no secrets from you
she keeps no secrets from you
Can you please tell me what the time is?
(Spencer-Brewster-Eccles)
Can you hear me?
I'm speaking to you
this is it
there are no more words
come back
(Brewster-Neeson-Brewster)
Try to find an empty seat up at the front
to take a chance on a loaded dice
and if you they will remember you cause
they know once is nothing when you need it twice
Take care of desire, beware of the bad nights
make sure that you feel alright because
night comes early when you're lonely
When you said you wanted aces and eights
you added fire to the joker's curse
you volunteered to return for more
well he's got you now for better of for worse
Doing time on your own, can't see where you're goin'
your precious fantasy still leves you lonely
In the night, do you wait for the time to pass?
in the night, do you make love to your looking glass?
Night come early when you're lonely
night comes early when you are alone
(Neeson-Leib)
It's the nature of the beast
to satisfy his every appetite
he's never worried `bout the cost
he never worries of he's wrong or right
and there's no method to his madness
you watch him step up to the firing line
she's almost close enough to touch
he feels the heat and reads the danger sign
and it's all a game
it doesn't matter who plays
It's the nature of the beast
to jump into the fire
tell me can't you feel the heat
see you walking on the wire
At the crossroads of the night
too scared of passion but too lonely to run
nobody wants to lose control
nobody wants to be the careless one
throwing caution to the wind
`cos making love is like a trial by fire
and though you know you might get burned
you've got to go with what your heart desires
between love and pain
it never knows any shame
It's the nature of the beast
to jump into the fire
tell me can't you feel the heat
see you walking on the wire
And it's all a game
you never know any shame
It's the nature of the beast
It's the way of the beast
I know you've had the feeling
and it makes you lose control
and it makes wake up screaming
It's the nature of the beast
(Steve Marriott)
There she is again, steppin' out of her limousine
lookin' like the cover on a twenty dollar magazine
she's got it where you find it, if y' know what I mean
She's a natural born woman
There she is again, watch her stop the main street in its tracks
lookin' like a creole queen, hair hangin' down her back
I said don't look too long boy, she'll make y'r glasses crack
She's a natural born woman
Lookin' out my backdoor wandering which way to go
thinkin' `bout the city and a rock n roll show
come on sweet-eyed Suzie together we can lose control
She's a natural born woman
He’s been away, you hung around & bothered me every night
When I wouldn't go out with you, you said things that weren't very nice
My boyfriend's back and you're gonna be in trouble
(Hey la, hey la, my boyfriend's back)
When you see him comin' better cut out on the double
(Hey la, hey la, my boyfriend's back)
You been spreadin' lies that I was untrue
(Hey la, hey la, my boyfriend's back)
So look out now 'cause he's comin' after you
(Hey la, hey la, my boyfriend's back)
Hey he knows that you've been tryin', And he knows that you've been lyin'
He's been gone for such a long time
(Hey la, hey la, my boyfriend's back)
But now he's back and things will be fine
(Hey la, hey la, my boyfriend's back)
You're gonna be sorry you were ever born
(Hey la, hey la, my boyfriend's back)
'Cause he's kinda big and he's awful strong
(Hey la, hey la, my boyfriend's back)
Hey he knows I wasn’t cheatin', Now you're gonna get a beatin'
What made you think he'd believe all your lies
Ba-ooh, Ba-ooh
You're a big man now, but he’ll cut you down to size
Ba-ooh, Wait and see
My boyfriend's back, he's gonna save my reputation
(Hey la, hey la, my boyfriend's back)
If I were you I'd take a permanent vacation
(Hey la, hey la, my boyfriend's back)
Yeah, my boyfriend's back
Well look out now, my boyfriend’s back
Well I can see him comin’ so you better get a runnin’ alright now
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, my boyfriend’s back
I know he’s comin’ after you because he knows that I’ve been true now
(Brewster-Neeson-Brewster)
Holding council with the king and queen
trying hard to decide the fate of the regime
there's only one thing needed to complete the harmonising, that's a man with a voice like a scraping violin.
Waiting for Mr.damage
Toothless jaws gumming meloncholy stuff a burst of rapid fire spanish from a window up above.
Students out to pose in studied dissaray,
Books of Sartre Marcuse openly displayed.
Waiting for Mr. damage
Mr. damage -- walks through the doors of the sacrifial church
Mr. damage -- meets you in the lobby and then leaves you in the lurch
Mr. damage -- stands at the altar sermon of the search, all the faithful follow.
Resident wino stumbling and lurching
walking cadavers smiling and searching
man with the DT's looking at the feable glossy portraits of long dead celebrated people,
Waiting for Mr. damage
Trying hard just to keep a candle lit
a leather flyer leaves the subway anxious to admit
that the marvelled one so recently deposed was seen
three days later in a brand new suit of clothes
a brand new suit of clothes for a very special day
a brand new suit of clothes for a very special day
a very special day, a very special, a very very
very special day...oooowwwww
Mr Damage holds a curse
Mr Damage drives a hearse
Don't you know who did it first...Mr Damage
Holding council with the king and queen
trying hard to decide the fate of the regime
there's only one thing needed to complete the harmonising, that's a man with a voice like a scraping violin.
Waiting for Mr.damage
(Brewster)
You're wasting your time, she's made up her mind
the circuit is closed and nobody knows
she's got a man there
The magic is gone, protected too long
she's a staute in flames
she's found a new game
she's got a man there
Still nothing satisfies, no peace of mind
don't cry when the glamour dies
it happens all the time
Out past midnight every night
keeping secrets out of sight
making love till morning light
She's got a man there
(Eccles-Spencer-Brewster)
Lyin' awake in bed, battle bullets in my head
ragged edge of sleep, come to me
Lyin' awake in bed, cool silence break the edge
I just can't take this heat, come to me
I looked into deadlights
I've murdered tonight
danced with he torture chambermaid
who set my bridges alight
Lyin' awake in bed, floating in between
Lyin' awake in bed, in and out again
Lyin' awake in bed, tryin' to shake the things I said
I just can't take this heat, come to me
I looked into deadlights
I've murdered tonight
danced with he torture chambermaid
who set my bridges alight
Lyin' awake in bed
(R. Brewster-Spencer-Neeson-Eccles)
Midnight, where you been
too late to drive my limousine
bit time is all you know
last call is time yo let you go
Love waits for rock and roll
I can't be bought, I can't be sold
your money's not enough
tell me who do you love
love waits for rock and roll
Midnight, where you been
too late to drive my limousine
love comes down on me
if you won't come down
I won't climb your pleasure tree
Love waits for rock and roll
I can't be bought, I can't be sold
your money's not enough
tell me who do you love
love waits for rock and roll
(Brewster-Neeson-Brewster)
I've seen you in the moments when I lived before
and I've seen you in the courtyard of a thousand doors
when I thought that you were all alone
love takes care of its own
Now it's a phoney situation you bring on yourself
when you start to think there's nobody else
spread your wing the sun ain't meda of stone
love takes care of its own
Looking at the skyline, it's so fine
this time with you
this time with you
Now let all the cynics laugh, they'll be the first to leave
who can suggest to the truth of make believe
more than when I'm aching to the bone
love takes care of its own
Well I've seen you in the moments when I lived before
and I've seen you in the courtyard of a thousand doors
when I thought that you were all alone
love takes care of its own
love takes care of its own
(Brewster-Neeson-Brewster)
(Coordination -- can more than one thousand people
coordinate at the same time?)
Didn't ask to be here, taking what they're putting me through
you can moan and cry and wonder why but there's something else
you gotta do
Gotta live it up
baby live it up
yeah live it up
Nobody owes nothing, what you get is up to you
don't say you've done (you know) no dancing `round
you got something else you gotta do
Gotta live it up
baby live it up
yeah live it up
gotta live it up baby
gotta live it up baby
gotta live it up
(R. Brewster-Neeson-Miller)
Riding on a lucky wheel of seventeen
I think I'm gonna live to be 103
feel like wild card -- what you say
a slice of the night's gonna come my way
Walking through the city
I'm a king of surprise
my midnight champagne's ready on ice
it's Saturday night, I got nerves of steel
I can roll all night on a roulette wheel
Let the night roll on
I'm looking for hell
Let the night roll on
I'm making a kill
it's Saturday night
I waited so long
let the night roll on
Playing along with the rest of the world
saxophone women...satisfied girls
I'm a wound-up string on a violin
the future's gonna take me where I've never been
I could be naked Sunday with nothing to wear
I wouldn't know it, I wouldn't care
it's Saturday night, I got nerves of steel
I can roll all night on a roulette wheel
Let the night roll on
I'm looking for hell
Let the night roll on
I'm making a kill
it's Saturday night
I waited so long
let the night roll on
(R Brewster-Spencer-Neeson)
Junk city late at night
room without windows
naked light
everybody's out of sight
Lonely lovers fantasise
drifting in and out of life
crying so far apart
chasing poison darts
shooting straight in for the heart
Junk city, junk time rules
some people never win
junk city, junk time fools
I'm on the street again
I said I'd never make it in the street
don't it taste so bittersweet
so tired of shifting sands
mirror tell me who's that man
you got the future in your hands
Junk city, late at night
room without windows, naked light
too late to start again
too afraid to make it end
ahhh -- you can help me now my friend
Junk city, junk time rules
some people never win
junk city, junk time fools
I'm on the street again
(Brewster-Neeson-Brewster)
Rumour has it that you got a well-laid plan
to make yourself a singularly self-made man
imported shirt from Ives Saint Laurent
you got everything that you want
Catch you runnin' to your candy coloured Chevrolet
comsume and comsume and the loser has to pay
the higher you climb, the deeper you go
talk about a change, nothing change so slow
Climbing up te ivory stairs, never gonna get anywhere
slipping on the first step, can't get a good grip
climbing up the ivory stairs
The kid on the street with his ear to the ground
knows credit card conspiracies and flesh by the pound
harlequin dance 'tween the sun and the moon
they got you dancing to a gallow's tune
Climbing up te ivory stairs, never gonna get anywhere
slipping on the first step, can't get a good grip
climbing up the ivory stairs
Oh no, you've found the door
too late you found that you never got the key
oh no, in the confusion
don't turn your weary eyes on me
(Brewster-Neeson-Brewster)
When you wake up naked in the supermarket
trying to wash the stains off your nicotine habit
the sign on the wall reads " serve yourself"
with no one there to cover you
they try to make you grab it
"the tonight" show on closed circuit TV
close investigation shows the star is me
making jokes about your m-m-mental health
no names mentioned -- look at yourself
Who's there? security! got the drop on me
I'm scared of sleeping at night
I'm tired of running away
I'm scared, turn on the light
and I'm scared of feeling scared
When the telephone is ringing in the dead of night
it's the fire department calling
wanna know if I'm alright
I tell them not to hurry
there's no need to be concerned
the fire that you heard about is already burned!
I'm scared of sleeping at night
I'm tired of running away
I'm scared, turn on the light
and I'm scared of feeling scared
Time will come to carry your fears away
they'll fade like a dream at the break of day
but every night the dream's the same
scenes I never see
peace of mind's been a long time coming
hope it's coming to me
I'm scared to be...
I'm scared
I'm scared of feeling scared
I'm tired of feeling tired
(Brewster-Neeson-Brewster)
Smokers smoking in the smoking room, fishes in the fish tank
sailors waiting for the tide to turn, too bad the ship sank
well dressed wax-work wound up to walk
stares through the window
clown in the alley-way looking for an exit, facing the shadows
I don't patronise you
I dont' try to put you down
I don't criticise you
I ain't the one , I ain't the one to judge
Hard hitting journalist, says he's a communist
says he believes in world war III
lives in a high-rent luxury apartment, he ain't fooling me
I don't patronise you
I dont' try to put you down
I don't criticise you
I ain't the one , I ain't the one to judge
Reading the newspaers, keeping in touch
they steal your secrets, but i ain't the one to judge
(Brewster-Neeson-Brewster)
She's my hot Lucy, your hot Lucy too
she'll burn you up with everything she do
she's a heart scorcher, love, torture
my hot Lucy, your hot Lucy too
She'll cool you out before you count to ten
she'll put you down and pick you up again
get a temperature rise looking in her eyes
she's danger zone, her heart beats to the end
When she's loving she's a human oven
eighty bucks and magic look the age of nine
her kisses blow my mind
She'll hook you in and then you'll understand
paper money burns right in her hand
she's a hard habit, but she must have it
a painless game, you're part of her plan
Take you higher, everytime you try her
gonna paint her man red, white and blue
ain't nothing he could do
She's my hot Lucy, your hot Lucy too
she gonna burn you up with everything she do
she's a heart scorcher, love, torture
my hot Lucy, your hot Lucy too
ain't you met her? man you better!
(Brewster-Neeson-Brewster)
Well I never cared too much about tomorrow,
and yesterday is just a memory,
I never give you back the things I borrow,
but I give back all the love you gave to me
and I like to turn you gently in my fingers,
and I like to watch you light up with a smile,
when you're gone the taste of you still lingers
like the way you're drifting through my mind.
I wanna tell you that I get high on you,
I get high on you, there's no one else who can do what you do
I get high -- high on you
while I never had much time for wine and roses
and I never got strong lines or big ideas,
I wanna live my life the way I choose it
and you can make the future disappear.
I wanna tell you that I get high on you,
I get high on you, there's no one else who can do what you do
I get high -- high on you
(solo)
you're in my eyes when I look in the mirror,
you're in soul when I step in my shoes
I wanna tell you that I get high on you,
I get high on you, there's no one else who can do what you do
I get high -- high on you
(Spencer-Eccles)
Fire gets fire, you know that I am burning up
you want it all, lover's liar
but it's too late now to make a new start
night stalker, dirty talker
leave me with a losing hand
You got me high & dry
you shake me up then you take me for a ride
you got me high & dry
you showed me how to play & then you lit the fire
you got me high & dry
I beg you to come clean, you push me round with loving sin
living in a daydream, pick me up and I lose again
Night stalker, dirty talker
leave me with a losing hand
You got me high & dry
you shake me up then you take me for a ride
you got me high & dry
you showed me how to play & then you lit the fire
you got me high & dry
(Brewster)
The man you all expected
was never to be
become a junkie, become a walking souvenir
become a weatherproof genie
you wanted something so bad, out in the rain
I need action, I need time to get away
where no one can see me
You can hide your face
you can hide your face away
when you're out in the rain
and you leave no trace
you know you can hide away
It ain't hard to see, something's growing inside
the beast has been born
and he's looking at me
you can save your dreams of glory
they don't pay no bills
never see sixteen again, never get your fill
You can hide your face
you can hide your face away
when you're out in the rain
and you leave no trace
you know you can hide away
(Don Nix)
I'm goin' down, I'm goin' down, down, down, down.
I'm goin' down, I'm goin' down, down, down, down.
my baby left for Chicago, I'm going down, down, down, down.
I'm goin' down, I'm goin' down, down, down, down.
I'm goin' down, I'm goin' down, down, down, down.
now I feel so sad and lonely, my head is lying on the ground.
I'm feeling low, I gotta go..
(solo)
I'm goin' down, I'm goin' down, down, down, down.
I'm goin' down, I'm goin' down, down, down, down.
my baby left for Chicago, I'm going down, down, down, down.
I'm goin' down, I'm goin' down, down, down, down.
knew whatcha -- whatcha you do to me baby
I'm going down -- wanna tel ya
I'm low -- my baby left for Chicago, I'm down, down, down,
I'm gonna tell ya how I feel..
_______________________________________________________________________
(Spencer)
You don't have to watch my lips
you don't need to read between the lines
I don't need to crack the whip
you got the taste of a nervous smile
taste of a nervous smile...
Finger on the trigger, finger on the trigger
daddy put the squeeze on you
blame for the weekend, jump into the deep end
sister gets the picture too
It could be you saw the signs
it could be you touched the flames
you've got jump into the deep end
you've got to swim to the other side
blame me for the weekend
trapped by the rising tide
trapped by the rising tide...
Finger on the trigger, finger on the trigger
daddy put the sqeeze on you
blame for the weekend, jump into the deep end
sister gets the picture too
Don't have to watch my lips
don't have to read the lines
I don't need to crack the whip
you've got to jump into the deep end
you've got to swim to the other side
blame for the weekend
trapped by the rising tide
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Released as a single November 1988.
(Brewster-Neeson-Brewster)
I don't wanna face the day, the day, today
I don't wanna face the day, the day, today
Long night leaves me stranded
black visions, danger signs
no love, need protection
feels like I'm on production line
daggers of dawn, cold hearted-day
why does it have to be morning?
cover my head, stayin' in bed
too late, the luckless warning
I don't wanna face the day, the day, today
I don't wanna face the day, the day, today
Outside, screaming city
red lights and hungry eyes
sucks like a space invader
the vacuum of its lies
stealing my strenght, stealing my time
it's raining in a world of traders
I dont wanna face the day
I dont wanna face the day
Let me keep on sleeping
forget that I'm alone
one day of faceless living
is 24 hours too long!
I dont wanna face the day
I dont wanna face the day
I don't wanna face the day, the day, today
I don't wanna face the day, the day, today
Give the night, it's more forgiving
hold back the light from my eyes
please stay invisible darkness
can't see the tears I cry
I know it's coming loaded with nothing
trapped in a tunnel of time
I dont wanna face the day
(Brewster-Neeson-Brewster)
Do step inside it, you're all invited,
you'll get excited when you see where we've gone,
high over starred seas, I do what I please,
no one to ask me why I've gone, why I've come
Dreambuilder build a dream for me, bulid me a dream so that I can see,
dreambuilder, build a dream for me
You take me places, you show me faces
you leave no traces when you're gone,
high over starred seas, I do what I please,
no one to ask me why I've gone, why I've come
Dreambuilder build a dream for me, bulid me a dream so that I can see,
dreambuilder, build a dream for me
Look at my baby, she's such a lady
she don't say maybe, when she sees where we've gone
high over starred seas, I do what I please,
no one to ask me why I've gone, why I've come
(R. Brewster-Neeson-Spencer-Eccles-Hilbun)
There comes a time in a young girl's life
when she first meets a man
there comes a time in a young girl's life
when she becomes a woman
Highway number nineteen
the moon's shining bright
she's been in my dreams
if it's ever gonna happen
it'll happen tonight
Talk to me, talk to me
tell me what you gonna do
come to me, come to me
are we gonna see it through?
so you got a reputation
well I do too!
all across the nation
there are guys hanging out to meet girls like you
The dogs are talking
Heartbreaker, heartbreaker
with a jelly roll skin
lovemaker, lovemaker
aint'cha gonna let me in?
backseat, backseat
you know ya gotta loosen up
body heat, body heat
don't stop now
don't stop...don't stop
The dogs are talking
Cool down, cool down
you don't wanna go home
turn around, turn around
we're gonna scream and moan
talk to me, talk to me
what's you number?
what's your name?
gimme more, gimme more
gotta do it again, and again, and again
The dogs are talking
Let them talk, talk!
(Brewster-Neeson-Eccles-Spencer-Hilbun-Brown)
Heat's on, heart is burning
somebody took a desperate chance
downtown streets of passion
last rites for a dead romance
leave the wasteland, time to choose
crack force is closing in on you
take a hard line for the last time
Did you hurt somebody
did you kill the pain
did you hurt somebody
gonna lie alone again
Long walk, guard the backway
cool hand as you mark your man
love in blood, muscle n' money
shoulder to shoulder, close command
final stand, daddy don't die
bullhorn bleeding battle cries
take a hard line for the last time
Did you hurt somebody
did you kill the pain
did you hurt somebody
gonna lie alone again
(Brewster-Neeson-Brewster)
Red light, black street, dead man, still people
I swear that I just heard my number
too late, no chance, last breath, cold panic
call the ambulance, somebody's falling
the devil's calling
hear the hurricane, howling out my name
coming now to take me under
Oh no!, not now! don't take me please
oh no! let go! not ready to leave
soembody help I'm running out of time
devil's gate is opening on me
My God! my life! my choice, my death
I'm promised to the fallen angel
he speaks, mad voice, long arm, hard eyes
call the ambulance somedody's falling
the devil's calling
hear the hurricane, howling out my name
coming now to take me under
Oh no!, not now! don't take me please
oh no! let go! not ready to leave
soembody help I'm running out of time
devil's gate is opening on me
(Brewster-Neeson-Brewster)sorry a note to say title is dawn is breaking not dawn in breaking.
Remember looking at the haunted race
bowed down to the storm?
remember searching for a familiar face
with no-one there to mourn?
Staring eyes silent screams
plastic tubes to carry fading dreams
preacher servant in the hall
warm blood on the palace wall
those who dine alone in hell-
wearing grief in their lapel
drop small change in wishing wells
the haunted tear that never fell
someone's dragging a ball and chain
looking for you in the pouring rain
while those who care give silent prayer
for lovers going home
If there was a brickwall surrounding the New York dream
if there were secrets locked in steel
if there was a button you could press on the luck machine
if there was a place for wounds to heal
if you were borne in the barbwire of your mother's womb
if you were hungry before you died
if you say you left your bath all clean and white
you know, I know you lied
remember the poet who said it first?
he was speaking of you and your difficult birth
and how you care and say your prayers
for lovers going home
Drinking from an empty cup
waiting for a rock to grow
whispered sounds that can't be heard
and no one knows
children who don't mind the rain
yet have no wish to die
whatever you are, were, or could have been
you'd feel better if you could cry
Dawn is breaking in the graveyard
People massing in the street
trampled heards beneath their feet
children playing with the dead
silver spoon stained with red
watching through a widow's veil
as Caesar desecrates the Holy Grail
you sit all alone in your front row seat
you look so small and frail
y'r mud on the feet of the men you've damned
y'r darkness come too soon
you should be selling two-bit watches and girly photographs
masterpiece in ruin
y'r a pantomime of old world courtesy
you should have a degree for harlotry
you should be incarcerated in an apartment tower
with no technology
did you ever listen to the poles opposed to you?
did you ever stop to ask?
did you ever smile to hide your wasted face?
did you ever lift your mask?
did you ever walk with your feet on fire?
did you take your place in line?
did you know you look like you belong
where wrong is right and right is wrong?
do you really think that you'll be left
when war is life and life is death?
Ooh,
Ooh.
Ooh,
Ooh.
Down from the clouds she fell into my heart,
Now I can barely stand whenever we're apart.
Such a pretty face but a soul so dark.
Girl it must have hurt ya something terrible (oh)
But let me undo all the damage he's done to you.
Let me Fuck all the pain away and make it new.
I won't stop till your skies go from grey to blue.
Cause makin' ya smile, that's what I gotta do.
If he did you wrong I apologise.
If he did you wrong he's a foolish guy.
I swear that I can barely sleep at night,
Knowing somebody done made an angel cry.
Ooh he made an angel cry (x4)
How could anybody look into her eyes,
And not melt to the ground like a block of ice?
Maybe the last guy didn't realise,
He was talking to an angel (yeah)
But let me undo all the damage he's done to you.
Let me love all the pain away and make it new.
I won't stop till your skies go from grey to blue.
Cause makin' ya smile, that's what I gotta do.
If he did you wrong I apologise.
If he did you wrong he's a foolish guy.
I swear that I can barely sleep at night,
Knowing somebody done made an angel cry.
Ooh he made an angel cry (x4)
If he did you wrong I apologise.
If he did you wrong he's a foolish guy.
I swear that I can barely sleep at night,
Knowing somebody done made an angel cry.
Ooh he made an angel cry (x4)
(R. Brewster-Amanda Brewster)
Child of fortune, silver streak
been bred for breeding, blood line elite
you've got passion, you've got poison
you've got second sight
you've got the child in you
better guard it with your life
You've got the child in you
you know you could be fighting
for the rest of your life
Fireflies fighting, shadows in the dark
full moon rising, try to kill that spark
you've got passion, you've got poison
you've got second sight
you've got the child in you
better guard it with your life
You've got the child in you
you know you could be fighting
for the rest of your life
(J. Brewster-Throckman)
Have you ever wondered why things turn out wrong?
you keep on trying but you just can't get it on,
always lived by the rules, keeping the company of fools,
You can't get lucky, in your life
you walk along the thin edge of the night
Never touched a lady till you were nineteen,
the only thing that happened, happened in your dreams
You can't get lucky, in your life
you walk along the thin edge of the knife
watch out, if you fall you won't survive.
You work all day trying to succeed
but you never get enough of what you need
You can't get lucky, in your life, you can't get lucky, in your life
you walk along the thin edge of the knife
watch out, if you fall you won't survive.
Look inside the window, there's another world outside,
take a walk out through your door, there's no need to hide
Have you ever wondered why things turn out wrong?
you keep on trying but you just can't get it on,
always lived by the rules, keeping the company of fools,
your face is getting drawn, your shoes are thin
you look like you don't know where you've been
Well you can't get lucky, in your life...
(R. Brewster)
Watch the balckbird coming down
guilty peracher waking drum
living in turtured extasis
twisted vision what you see
make you fammous, make you blameless
feel the madness catching up with me
Breakdown
is just beginning
you're the only one
shot at your heart
and after all you've done
Breakdown
Bear the changes coming through
lotta love but no one's loving you
see the blackbird cross the sun
never saud goodbye to anyone
live a little less tonight
die a little more tomorrow
feel the madness catching up again
Breakdown
is just beginning
you're the only one
shot at your heart
and after all you've done
Breakdown
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Breakdown was released as the B-side of The Angels' "Sticky Little
Bitch" 7" single, 1985.
(R. Brewster-Miller)
I spend my life
scratching in the dirt
trying to find someone to clean me up
and give back what I deserve
there's footsteps from behind
there's knocking on my door
but there's nobody there
I said I didn't need them any more
Picking up pieces
trying to make them fit
thinking about Jesus
shivering in the heat
up against the world
like a dead end kid
you spend your life
bleeding
I see faces on the ceiling
when I lie awake in bed
and I can never shed the tears
always damming up my head
it's so easy to pretend
I don't believe in
all that I said
Picking up pieces
trying to make them fit
thinking about Jesus
shivering in the heat
up against the world
like a dead end kid
you spend your life
bleeding...
You spend your life
blaming the gods
you believe in
redirecting Valentines
from Eden
you've been trying
you've been lying
you've been crucifying
you spend your life
bleeding with the times
I see myself
silhouetted at the wheel
like an alien without a friend
nothing to conceal
so I climb into the back seat
and I wonder if it's love
when it's down to getting naked
it's just like any other photograph
Picking up pieces
trying to make them fit
thinking about Jesus
shivering in the heat
up against the world
like a dead end kid
dreaming up speeches
the rebel hypocrite
only one step ahead
of lying in the street
you spend you life bleeding
(R. Brewster-Miller)
I'm watching you
from my window
my private video
I'm taking you with me
I'm gonna reach you
I'm gonna teach you
how to be good to me
Stop being a bitch
you're losing your grip
it's gonna make you a hard woman
Witch's in the kitchen's
killing you
and you were so good looking
I'll follow you
with my glass eye
your own devoted spy
don't change the focus
don't kill the spotlight
I'm watching you
`til I'm satisfied
Stop being a bitch
you're losing your grip
it's gonna make you a hard woman
Witch's in the kitchen's
killing you
and you were so good looking
(R. Brewster-Spencer-Neeson-Eccles)
Y' can teach me, y' can reach me
y' can beat me, y' can cheat me
y' can bless me, y' can test me
y' can take me through your hall of shame
You might think I've lost control
you think I've lost control
I've lost control
You might think I've sold my soul
you think I've sold my soul
I've sold my soul
Beyond salvation, there's not a lot I can do
beyond salvation, I'll take a ride with you
You can kiss me, you can miss me
you can taste me, you can waste me
you can use me, you can lose me
you can make me feel alive again
You might think I've lost control
you think I've lost control
I've lost control
Beyond salvation, there's not a lot I can do
beyond salvation, I'll take a ride with you
You can hate me, desecrate me
you can love me, you can shove me
you can turn me, you can burn me
you can drag me through
your hall of shame
You might think I've sold my soul
you think I've sold my soul
I've sold my soul
Beyond salvation, there's not a lot I can do
beyond salvation, I'll take a ride with you
(Brewster-Amanda Brewster-Eccles)
Been held down, can't hold back
got this town on its back
Get no sleep tonight, midnight runaway
twist my arm till my backbone breaks
and the bedroom starts to sway
Bedroom after bedroom
soldier, pretender
bedroom after bedroom
fever, no return
Fortune gained, fortune lost
party games, magic dust
Get no sleep tonight, midnight runaway
twist my arm till my backbone breaks
and the bedroom starts to sway
Small town, hunt you down
feed on everything you've done
secrets circle round
drive you deeper underground
Get no sleep tonight, midnight runaway
twist my arm till my backbone breaks
and the bedroom starts to sway
(Spencer-R. Brewster-Neeson-Manning-Morley)
Welcome back, good to see you again
heart attack, honey where you been
You went away, y' never told me where
baby what can I say, never thought I'd care
Queen of the night you got a heart of stone
now that you're back I can't leave you alone
Back street pick up
Back street pick up
honey where have you been
good to see you again
Saw your face, in a magazine
silk and lace, honey you're obscene
Queen of the night you got a heart of stone
now that you're back I can't leave you alone
Back street pick up
Back street pick up
honey where have you been
good to see you again
You hooked me in, then you raised the price
some call it sin, I call it paradise
you used to call me different like there was something wrong
a vanishing of reason a soon forgotten song
you used to call me special when i was very small
but now i'm old i should have known
you don't call me any more
and every day you turn away from everything you know
and every night you fade your light soon you won't know where to go
angels calling at my door
i don't know what scares me more
going where they call me to
or staying on this world with you
you used to call me baby but now i'm fully grown
now you're old your eyes are cold and you are so alone
you don't believe your visions you don't believe your son
you don't believe in anything but what your hands have done
and every day you turn away from everything you've heard
and every night you close your eyes and hide your face from every word
angels calling at my door
i don't know what scares me more
going where they call me to
or staying on this world with you
don't you here my gentle voice i'm calling your name
only just a whisper but you know what i'm saying
you are worth so much to me much more than you know
all you've got to do is choose the way that you go
and when you're lost in me i will be found in you
and when i'm found in you the truth will set you free
don't you be so terrified i'll do you no wrong
i don't want to crucify but help you along
you've been losing out on so much more than you know
you've been choosing dangerous paths instead of my road
and when you're lost in me i will be found in you
and when i'm found in you the truth will set you free
angels calling at my door
i don't know what scares me more
going where they call me to
(Brewster-Eccles)
Gonna walk the streets, never seen before
I won't sleep tonight, all the rest is yours
can't take anymore
Such an easy night, I got your call
double lock the doors, let the shadows fall
you said you never have to shed that tear
you said no one would ever find us here
can't take anymore
The news was bad, all twisted lines
I could spit them back, and leave you mine
can't take anymore
Dear God so black so white
so wrong so right
can't take anymore
won't take anymore
You broke the silence and began the war
the cloak and dagger's just behind your door
you said you never have to shed that tear
you said no one would ever find us here
can't take anymore
(Spencer-Brewster)
No one ever beats you
trying was a waste of time
no one ever cheats you
I could never read your mind
didn't wanna touch you
didn't wanna talk out loud
got a dirty secret (got a dirty secret)
I knew it when you made me wait around
No one ever beats you
no one ever cheats you
trying was a waste of time
no one ever breaks you
no one ever shakes you
don't waste my time
Waiting for the guru
they do it in the white house now
the automayic handshake
there could've been a loaded gun around
No one ever beats you
no one ever cheats you
trying was a waste of time
no one ever breaks you
no one ever shakes you
don't waste my time
(Brewster-Eccles-Morley-Spencer)
Search high, feel low
get by, bad blow
raw stand, bad feel
find the man, steal the deal
time out, look good
eyes peeled, understood
stand back, beware
side to side you look and stare
I don't need a lover
standing on my own
I don't need you
I don't need you baby
don't try to turn me `round
I don't need you baby
y'r never gonna bring me down
Bad blood, bad news
sold out, sold you
speed ball, good hit
flyin' high, for me that's it
I don't need a lover
standing on my own
I don't need you
I don't need you baby
don't try to turn me `round
I don't need you baby
y'r never gonna bring me down
(Brewster-Neeson-Brewster)
It doesn't matter who you are, we're all trying to get on,
averyone in his own way, from the day that we are borne,
singles for that ballroom queen that I heard about,
who gets the best of the clientele and lets them make her out.
(Chorus)
Well it's alright baby, you changed your life and how,
you used to be a honky tonk sister, but you're a lady now
It seemed like love at first sight, I was completely mesmerised,
when she turned `round in that bar, there was fire in her eyes,
thought my search was over now, found that special girl at last,
so I took her home with me, I like the lady's class
(Chorus & solo)
I had all my tomorrows planned, but how long can it be,
inside we're all honky tonks as far as I can see,
I woke up but she was gone, too late I realised
that the lady used me as a stepping stone as she reached for the sky.
(Chorus)
En las noches,
tengo mucho miedo,
al soñar kontigo,
y esto no es solo un castigo,
es algo que siento por ti.
Inutil es pensar
que un dia volveras
pues la soledad,
me mata cada dia mas.
Y no se que paso,
y no se en que falle,
si mi amor te lo entregue a ti,
Y no se que paso,
y no se en que falle,
si muchas veces me arriesgue por ti,
y no se que paso(no se lo que paso no se).
Que dificil enfrentar,
esta cruda realidad,
porque ya no estas (porque ya no estas)aqui,
pero tengo que seguir (aqui)
a pesar de este dolor que me mata asi
(que me mata asi), sin tu amor.
Inutil es pensar
que un dia volveras
pues la soledad,
me mata cada dia mas.
Y no se que paso,
y no se en que falle,
si mi amor te lo entregue a ti,
Y no se que paso,
y no se en que falle,
si muchas veces me arriesgue por ti.
Porque es cierto que la vida
no es igual sin ti,
y aunque pase lo que pase
seguiras dentro de mi.
Y no se que paso
y no se en que falle,
si mi amor te lo entregue a ti,
(solo a ti uo uo,
te quiero para mi,
mas nunca sabre, mas nunca podre).
Y no se que paso,
y no se en que falle,
si mi amor te lo entregue a ti,
Y no se que paso,
y no se en que falle,
pues si tu no estas aqui,
(Brewster-Neeson-Brewster)
It's ringing all over town, gonna tear the big house down
y' take my baby, y' take my home
y' takin' my sunshine, now leave alone
Y' diggin' a mountian and lookin' for gold
you worship a calf like days of old
who rings the bell?
who rings the bell?
Somebody's having sleepless nights
Dante's turning out the lights
Y' diggin' a mountian and lookin' for gold
you worship a calf like days of old
who rings the bell?
who rings the bell?
Living like the Versailles fool
playing with the golden rule
y' take my baby, y' take my home
y' takin' my sunshine, now leave alone
y' diggin' a mountian and lookin' for gold
you worship a calf like days of old
y'r rising high in the public eye
six feet of dirt cut you to size
y' take my baby, y' taking my home
you take my sunshine now leave alone!
who rings the bell?
who rings the bell?
(Brewster-Neeson-Brown)
there you go -- ahead of the rest
you say you're the first, but first ain't the test
places you go
but you don't know who's left
the strangers you know
you have learned to impress
look around, you make a break
with every chance you take
Where do you run
how do you love
you know you got it all
but can't get enough
Look at you, the night is your cross
I heard you cry -- you've been wasted and lost
(Brewster-Neeson-Amanda Brewster)
Howling wind, let it blow
easy come, easy go
When the time comes
you'll be the first to know
Late at night, dressed to kill
how could I hold you still
When the time comes
you'll be the first to know
When the time comes
you'll be the first to know
Hold me lover, take me down
come on over my side of town
When the time comes
When the time comes
you'll be the first to know
When the time comes...
(Spencer-Brewster-Eccles)
I've been down the impossible
I've been back to bar rule
I've been thrown like a paper doll
blowin' out of control
I've been picked out
I've been tested
had my big blood rush rejected
You can tear me apart
Tear me apart in slow motion
tear out my heart, that's devotion
So young and primitive
set the blanket on fire
so unpredictable
she's so beautiful
I've been victim
in a vacuum
been the poison in the perfume
You can tear me apart
Tear me apart in slow motion
tear out my heart, that's devotion
(Brewster-Neeson-Brewster)
Wrong notes, old frustrating used quotes
men with pencils making copious notes
out in the dark, cut the far left wing
an old man shaking a sheet of tin
judgement's fallen, the well spawned webs
pictures of old used bareness
local priest still holds the floor
with the same old lines from the time before
Don't you know when I've had enough
laugh it off, ain't that tough
don't you know when I've had enough
I like to be alone
want to be alone, just to be alone
Sacred profession still guards the walls
but my castle keeps guarantees the fall
selling souls for a mean half truth
but the power and the king shared the palace roof
welcome flowers lead a funeral train
when you're out in the desert don't you pray for me
Don't you know when I've had enough
laugh it off, ain't that tough
don't you know when I've had enough
I like to be alone
want to be alone, just to be alone
And they fool themselves
into thinking that they're talking about
taht they never doubt it,
want to be alone, just to be alone
Save me
(Spencer-R. Brewster)
Show me that rhythm
show me body talk
got no inhibitions
no reserve at all
she's electric
she just seems to feel it
she got soul affection in the way she walk
Turn into liquid
with her legs on fire
gold and feathers
hanging by a thread
Fuel for fantasy
smoother than an angel
sweat fed dancer, born and bred
She's so out of reach
baby I can learn what you can teach
she's a rhythm rude girl
Move it up baby
in your silver shoes
you're in the spotlight
you got all the moves
Fuel for fantasy
lips dig into danger
sweat fed dancer, born and bred
She's so out of reach
baby I can learn what you can teach
she's a rhythm rude girl
(Brewster-Eccles-Spencer-Morley-Neeson)
Y'got a whiplash body
y'got a space age mind
y'r a wildcat honey
on a straight ace ride
You can count me in
on anything
Y'made a deal with the devil
with y'r rag doll eyes
y'got a switchblade ready
for the sacrifice
Just touch me once (break that fever)
touch me once (red back fever)
listen to y'r heartbeat
touch me now
Y'got a silent number
for a special price
y'hear the backdoor rumble
get y'r loaded dice
You can count me in
on anything
Just touch me once (red back fever)
listen to your heartbeat
(Spencer-R. Brewster)
Pickin' at a loose end, loose end
pickin' at a loose end
livin' in a pig pen, start a new trend
Just like the real thing, real thing
just like the real thing
fade into oblivion with a new friend
Eyes going zig-zag
put him in a body bag
Pushin' in the neighbourhood
just like ya momma knew you would
Poor little Kathleen, Kathleen
poor little Kathleen
only fifteen and caught in between
She wanna buy a sten gun, sten gun
she wanna buy a sten gun
learn to salute, ain't that obscene
Look like a new recruit
cheaper than a prostitute
Pushin' in the neighbourhood
just like ya momma knew you would
Act like a caveman, caveman
act like a caveman
swallow it up and start a new plan
Tight as a wet suit, wet suit
tight as a wet suit
button it up with a broken hand
In through the steel gate
up against a dead weight
tryin' to make a clean break
jump before it's too late
Push! Shove!
back down momma!
(Bailey-Brewster-Neeson-Brewster)
Creatures are moving in
the menace is at the gate
early reports from a reliable source
label him as easy to hate
defences on red alert
medical men and machines
classical dancing and classical jazz
the occupation now is better than dreams
Friend or foe
well you're never gonna know
`cause you got your sights in an automatic pilot
men work late
you're hot on the heels of the lastest
public enemy number one
Public address is on
making a dummy run
got to destroying the alien crown
dedicated to get ever last one
nameless faces never ending
different voices closing in again
Friend or foe
well you're never gonna know
`cause you got your sights in an automatic pilot
men work late
you're hot on the heels of the lastest
public enemy number one
Creatures are moving in
the menace is at the gate
early reports from a reliable source
label him as easy to hate
defences on red alert
medical men and machines
classical dancing and classical jazz
the occupation now is better than dreams
nameless faces never ending
different voices closing in again
Friend or foe
well you're never gonna know
`cause you got your sights in an automatic pilot
men work late
you're hot on the heels of the lastest
public enemy number one
Friend or foe
well you're never gonna know
`cause you got your sights in an automatic pilot
men work late
you're hot on the heels of the lastest
public enemy
never let him get to me
live in my vecinity
got to be the same as me
any anormality
never let him get to me
latest public enemy number one
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Released as b-side to "Face The Day", October 1980
(Brewster-Neeson-Brewster)
Home movies, cold U.V.'s more groovies
waiting for a ticket of leave
some learners get nervous, the perverts
all want to play with Eve
sat back to look at your cracked actors
drowning in a sea of smiles
blue doorways lead four ways they always
said you were a lonely child
Poor baby, poor baby
poor baby, too tough to talk to me
Inspection, correction, rejection
caught in a cul-de-sac
ignition, collision, admission
that you want to double back
poor baby, don't listen, had visions
what life is really like
you waited, debated, delayed it
then you shut your eyes
Poor baby, poor baby
poor baby, too tough to talk to me
You found out, your big out leaves no doubt
you've lost your head in the skies!
striped lady, she's crazy, picks daisies
she's got the neon eyes
give money, it's funny you dummy
baked your cake and ate it too
the truth is that sometimes
just one time can be enough with you!
Poor baby, poor baby
poor baby, too tough to talk to me
I saw you down the darkened stairway
Contending through the hazy eyes of life
I try to run but I hear it calling
The sound of hearing angels cry
I know that deep inside is where I'll stay
Where I'll remain
I don't know the word regret
But there's something that I heard that I won't forget
Not unless
To stand outside and lie
Make sure the truth, it doesn't show
Making sure that you don't know
Pretending that the lines are broke
To see the angels cry
You've got to harden yourself
Like no other hand been dealt
I swear I saw that pain
Coming form it like I'll never see again
I know that deep inside is where I'll stay
Where I'll remain
Don't know the word regret
But there's something that I heard that I won't forget
The touch of His hand will let me know
He takes me in and lets me go
If not for love, who would believe?
Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, in you and me
We're lifted up by angels
Higher than the world
Strong enough to leave it
Bound to learn the secrets
Angels never heard
Close enough to heaven
Far above the rain
Darkness cannot reach us
Let the angels teach us
Only love remains
We're lifted up by angels
To understand, yet never say
How every plan would fade away
If not for love, where would we be?
Ashes to dust, water to rust, eternally
We're lifted up by angels
Higher than the world
Strong enough to leave it
Bound to learn the secrets
Angels never heard
Close enough to heaven
Far above the rain
Darkness cannot reach us
Let the angels teach us
Only love remains
We're lifted up by angels
Given wings to fly
Leave the night behind us
Trust the light to find us
Even as we rise
We're lifted up by angels
Higher than the world
Strong enough to leave it
Bound to learn the secrets
Angels never heard
Close enough to heaven
Far above the rain
Darkness cannot reach us
Let the angels teach us
Only love remains
When I dream, I get pictures of the world I've never seen
I'm playing parts upon the silver screen
I'm anything my dream wants me to be
The picture always ends with you and me
There are times that you need to look a little deeper down inside
You might not always like the things you find
You may find you're running out of time
But the truth is always there for you to find
There's an angel watching over me
We've got angels, the kind that
Burns and I can't see
There's an angel watching over me
When the nightmares come
And the hounds of hunt surround me
When the thick comes on
Let the devil sends his dogs to find me
When the nightmares come
And the hounds of hunt surround me
Let the thick come on
Let the devil sends his dogs to find me
When I dream, I get pictures of the world I've never seen
I'm playing parts upon the silver screen
I'm anything my dream needs me to be
The picture always ends with you and me
There's an angel watching over me
We've got angels the kind that
Burns and I can't see
There's an angel watching over me
There's an angel the kind that
Burns and I can't see
It keeps watching over me, watching you and me
Yea yea (Got me some angels)
Got some angels watching over me
Got some friends that I can�t see
Got me some angels all around me
Got some angels
Every night before I go to sleep
I thank the Lord for sending them to me
So wonderful the way they look out for me
protecting me from dangers I can�t see
Got some angels watching over me
Got some friends that I can�t see
Got me some angels all around me
Got some angels
God gave them charge over me yea
Oh I deserve but they still watch over me
Heaven only knows where I would be yea
If it wasn�t for the angels watching me oh�
Got some angels watching over me
Got some friends that I can't see
Got me some angels all around me
Got some angels
(Repeat)
I can see angels
Yea, yea, yea,
All around my car, yea
All around my family
Oh from chi town
To your town we get down
Got some angels, angels, watchin
I've got some angels oh' watchin
All night, all day
Angels watching me
all night, all day
Angels watching angels
Got some angels watching over me
Got some friends that I can't see
Got me some angels all around me
Got some angels
(Repeat)
Got some angels watching over me over me
Angels falling through my hair
I want to leave them tomorrow
Angels falling through my hair
I want to meet them tomorrow
Angels falling through my hair
I wanna meet them tomorrow
Meet them falling through my hair
If I know my angels, I know what they'd say
Be still my little butcher boy, you'll give us all away
Be still you wretched little freak, give us room to move
Give us milk, you little pig, we'll tell you when we're through
My love is like a mountain, her mouth is like a mine
Incubating diamonds, as we rise and shine, shine
Rolling over granite, there's a smell like cloves and clay
And if I know my angels, they'll take it all away
Can you get it?
Now I've sold my bread, to keep my spirits high
To keep some taste on my tongue, and my feelings dry
They'll have their fun and leave me, I'm like a stone without a weight
But if I know my angels, I'll fall just like a cane
Could be she got lost
Or maybe she just watched
A little too much TV
It's hard to say, but anyway,
It's plain to see
And so she goes on
Like a drifting satellite
But tonight
Chorus:
Angels hold her hands
When she walks in the dark
Angels hold her hands
When she's falling apart
God could keep his own half-acre
She'd move on
And make another way of her own
And now she feels
She's gained the wheels
But never control
And so she fades out
Like a missing satellite
But tonight
Repeat Chorus
Bridge:
And wherever she goes
Angels follow
Angels hold her hands
When she walks in the dark
Angels hold her hands
When she walks away
[Intro:]
"Check" "Check"
If I do not make it back to the comfort of
my house, understand that was Gods will 'n'
I've only lived this long because...
[Chorus:]
I've got angels lookin' over me,
protectin' me,
From people who wish death on me,
I've got tensions,
they constantly stressin' me,
People who'd love to see me restin' in peace,
But they don't matter, Naw...
I've got angels lookin' over me,
protectin' me,
From people who wish death on me,
I've got tensions,
they constantly stressin' me,
People who'd love to see me restin' in peace,
But they don't matter, Naw...
I've felt 'em around me since I was a kid,
I often wonder exactly who it is...
Is it Ernie, is it Ian, is it BoeBoe, is it Nate,
Is it, Kevin, is it Chapman, Is it Rog, is it Jay,
Is it pa, is it pops, is it pappy, is it mammy,
Is it someone from my crew, or someone from my family,
All I know is I wouldn't have made it this far,
Without those shining stars, 'n' I know who they are,
What they represents my people who passed on,
Five years, it don't even seem that long,
We made it baby,
I wish you was here with me,
Standin' on stage with me,'n' blowin' this haze with me,
But it can't be so I accept that, move forward,
To tomorrow, long live the desperado,
The big homie, the one that held it down,
Even though you underground, I can feel you above me,
Your like...
[Chorus]
Understand I've been blessed with the serenity,
To accept what I can't change 'bout my enemies,
But the devil tries to corrupt me,
I ain't no psycho, but don't push me,
Was we, trapped in a world we thought we'd wake up from,
It seems like a dream, but it seems so real,
Was it those pills, was it those drinks,
Was it that weed, was it just me,
Is this reality, that is what we goin' through
What you call overnight, we call overdue,
Easy way up boy, if you only knew,
I came up fucked up, from the same place as you,
Where bullets fly, 'N' people die,
Ambulances leave without 'em, Coroners pick 'em up,
You can buy the paper 'n' read about 'em,
Flip to the sports page, 'n' never even think about 'em,
Other people find it hard to live without 'em, Uhn..
[Chorus]
I'm the desperate souls,
Of a thousand old,
MC's who never had an album,
Go, gold or platinum,
They just rap for them, Fans,
That know the song like the back of their han's,
The ones that put Stak in demand,
Know that I'll never forget y'all,
Wouldn't be shit without y'all,
Now y'all say you the one that held me down,
Broke like a mother fucker underground,
Demo tapes, payin' dues,
Baby food, baby shoes,
Only way I made it way by the grace of God,
So God bless my family and God bless my squad,
We can't take no more loses, Nah,
Lose no more bosses, Nah,
What's this I hear about some fallin' off shit,
You think I'm really gonna retire,
I'm gonna let you wonder,
Until then just keep wishin' for incarceration or murder,
But I've got a presents around, that's why I don't wear a vest,
Not to mention, henchmen do not aim at your chest,
Death is inevitable, something you can't run from,
I'll come back 'n' look over some ye', some,
What...
I sit and wait
Does an angel contemplate my fate
And do they know
The places where we go
When we're grey and old
'cos I have been told
That salvation lets their wings unfold
So when I'm lying in my bed
Thoughts running through my head
And I feel the love is dead
I'm loving angels instead
And through it all she offers me protection
A lot of love and affection
Whether I'm right or wrong
And down the waterfall
Wherever it may take me
I know that life won't break me
When I come to call she won't forsake me
I'm loving angels instead
When I'm feeling weak
And my pain walks down a one way street
I look above
And I know I'll always be blessed with love
And as the feeling grows
She breathes flesh to my bones
And when love is dead
I'm loving angels instead
And through it all she offers me protection
A lot of love and affection
Whether I'm right or wrong
And down the waterfall
Wherever it may take me
I know that life won't break me
When I come to call she won't forsake me
I'm loving angels instead
And through it all she offers me protection
A lot of love and affection
Whether I'm right or wrong
And down the waterfall
Wherever it may take me
I know that life won't break me
When I come to call she won't forsake me
Oooh Woahoh
Would I fight with an angel
Would I leave here with you
Or would I take it all back if
If I find something new?
I know there's something out there
I know there's something I fear
Run away from here
I know there's something more to this
In this dark room, nothing that shines
Run away from here
Would I fight with an angel
Would I leave here with you
Or would I take it all back if
If I find something new?
I'm falling, I am down
I've fallen, are you around?
And I know it's you
I'm leaving, I'm with me
I'm leaving, tell me the truth
And I know it's you
Will I fight with an angel
Will I leave here with you
Will I take it all back if
If I find something new
Would I fight with an angel
Would I leave here with you
Would I take it all back if
If I find something new
Oooh Woahoh (Repeat x15)
Would I fight with an angel
Would I leave here with you
Would I take it all back if
If I find something new
Would I fight with an angel
Would I leave here with you
Would I take it all back if
If I find something new
Yeah
Will I fight with an angel
Will I leave here with you
Will I take it all back if
If I find something new
Yeah
Would I fly with an angel
(Fly with you...)
Would I leave here with you
(Fly with you...)
Would I take it all back if
(Fly...)
If I find something new
(Fly...)
A A A Angels And Gentlemen
Angels And Gentlemen
I Wanna Thank You All For Joining Me And Taking The Time To Listen
I Been In The Studio Working Like Crazy On My New Album
And I I Apologize For The Wait
But In The Meantime I Wanna Share With You A Little Something
For Being Sos Patient
Yeah...
People stop fighting
Angels are crying
We can be better
Love is the answer
Search inside
Are there any more tears to cry
(Don’t you wonder why)
Why you feel so alone
All against the world
(World, world)
Search back time
When you used to sing alone
(To the music of your soul)
Song of faith you can change
It’s not too late
People stop fighting
Angels are crying
We can be better
Love is the answer
Search inside
Are there any more tears to cry
(Don’t you wonder why)
Why you feel so alone
All against the world
(World,world)
Search back time
When you used to sing alone
(To the music of your soul)
Song of faith you can change
It’s not too late
People stop fighting
Angels are flying
We can be better
Love is the answer
People stop fighting
Angels are crying
We can be better
Love is the answer
People stop fighting
Angels are crying
We can be better
Love is the answer
People stop fighting
Angels are crying
We can be better
Love is the answer
If it's not that far from where we are
I'd like to wait if I could
Until the day that the angel comes around
I won't find the solace that I'm seeking
You can't make me run, you can't make me free
The only thing I trust is what's inside of me
If I rely on you what am I gonna do
When you crush and kill the core connecting us
Protecting us, in all we go through
So sad and hard it hurts for awhile
I feel it all... stop feeding off me
Don't ask me how you will survive
Or try to stay together amputated
Is this my conviction... will it last forever?
Do I belong to this?
Don't try to make me love, 'cause you can't make me see
The only time I'll know is when happiness is free
I won't rely on you...
'cause that won't get me through
All we've got is this crazy core connecting us
Well, I'm going down the street
Going to see Sadie
To let her know she's my baby
And I'm tired of the games she's been playin' on me
Well, I maybe young
And foolish inside
But, I'm the one and I've got my pride
And here tonight love's gonna be alright
Well, come on little baby
Come on out and see
There's the whole wide world
Waiting on you and me to Hell, you'll see
We ain't got to worry tonight
We ain't got to run, it's alright
They don't let
No, angels out at night
Na, na, na, na, na
We ain't got to worry tonight
We ain't got to run, it's alright
They don't let
No, angels out at night
Na, na, na, na, na
You said "I got a chance, reaching your hands"
And I ain't the one
Gonna end up your man
But, there's one thing that you gotta understand
That my love is real, baby, my love's true
Maybe it don't mean that much to you
But here tonight
Our love is gonna see us through
Well, come on little baby
Come on out and see
There's the whole wide world
Waiting on you and me to Hell, you'll see
We ain't got to worry tonight
We ain't got to run, it's alright
They don't let
No, angels out at night
Na, na, na, na, na
We ain't got to worry tonight
We ain't got to run, it's alright
They don't let
No, angels out at night
Na, na, na, na, na
Well, come on little baby
Come on out and see
There's the whole wide world
Waiting on you and me to Hell, you'll see
We ain't got to worry tonight
We ain't got to run, it's alright
They don't let
No, angels out at night
Na, na, na, na, na
We ain't got to worry tonight
We ain't got to run, it's alright
They don't let
No, angels out at night
Na, na, na, na, na
No, angels out at night
No, angels out at night
No, angels out at night
We had no trouble with the face of any plot
When I'd been out stealing in a closet I was caught
I said never but was the first to direct you
Caue your own suicide was legal as infractures
I'm on a train without a traction I'm lost on a roid
That owns a fraction I'm raising my stake
While my time I'm spending on rubber dolls and outlaws
But I tracked you to collect you protect you
From mercy from morals and I never would neglect you
For my angers my laughs that ain't rolling
But your own genocide was mentally directed by
Forces sweet forces that deranged you
Or be cocked or outknocked by amazing
Staindrops but it's been so wrong it's been so long
Yes I've been a fool to be tempte to treat you
For beating the record the simonized packard
The girl on the roam that ain't never getting picked up
Smahsed up stuck inside a resto rumble I got the phone
But I never get I dial tone angels could have crooked you
Could have booked you to go tripping in timbuktu
But would you would you prefer to refer to your nephew
White outlined curfew
Angels could have crooked you could have booked you
To go triping in timbuktu but would you would you
Prefer to refer to your nephew white outlined curfew
Forces no forces could retain you
Or be blocked our outknocked by outrageous
Pit stops but I've been so wrong yes I've been so long
Yes I've been so wrong to be there to protect you
I'm not the wrecker the window or the mekka
The man on the roam that ain't never getting backed up
Smashed up steering like a renegade rambler
I got the phone but I never get a dial tone
But instead I'm caling to rapped up
And mapped up a stone a breeze a number one
Yeah I'm a song an open door
While all my patients are rude
While I'm inspecting the rodeo
And not adore you or bore you
But I'm about to warn you I got a lesson for you
Love is the rapture an honesty failure
Love is a record that I wont play for you
Angels could have crooked
You could have booked you
Yo go tripping in timbuktu but would you
Would you prefer to refer to your nephew
The angels are watching over me, constantly they say
The angles are always close to me in every game I play
And if I win or lose...
I know they'll see me through
The angels watch my every move
Confused and lost, like there's no way out
Till I see a light, shining from above
So I raise my head, to salute the sky
And I feel that light, take my spirt high
The angels are watching over me, constantly they say
The angles are always close to me in every game I play
And if I win or lose...
I know they'll see me through
The angels watch my every move
I could close my mind, to a lot of things
But tonight's the night, for remembering
There's a place for me, on the other side
When they call my name, for that final ride
The angels are watching over me, constantly they say
The angles are always close to me in every game I play
And if I win or lose...
I know they'll see me through
She sang like an angel
To the chattering plates
But your pimp and your pusher
You both thought were great
Well, you earned enough money
To pay for your stuff
It's great having brown skin
It doesn't show up
You sang like an angel
To the chattering cups
At the end of the day
You weren't tough enough
Your pimp and your pusher
Well, they beat you up
Well, it's great having brown skin
It doesn't show up
Well, your voice became sand-paper
Sand-paper worn
As your heart, it was broken
Your heart, it was torn
And when you died
The police all queued up
It's great having brown skin
[Diddy]
Uh-huh...
This that Dirty Money..
Uh-huh...
It's that Dirty Money
[The Notorious B.I.G.]
Uh, ain't no shook hands in Brook-land
Army fatigue -my fatigue, the enemies
Look man, you wanna see me locked up, shot up
Moms crotched up over the casket, screamin BASTARD
Cryin, know my friends is lyin
Y'all know who killed 'em filled 'em with the lugars from they Rugers
Or they Desert, dyin ain't the shit but it's pleasant
Kinda quiet, watch my niggaz bring the riot..
Uh, uh, uh...
It's that Dirty Money...
[Diddy]
Came from heaven just to sing a song for you...
To the rhythm of my love for you, and now it's beatin slow
And you know, this the ennnnd of the road
When I sing that slow song for you...
And love was nothin but another gun for you ('nother gun for you..)
And I would hide it in my helpless soul
I'm not afraid to go down the road where we go
I don't know, you can hear 'em callin, don't you?
When the angels call like..
[Chorus]
YOOOOOOOO-HOOO!
If you don't wanna stay you can GOOOOO-OHH...
It seems love don't live here no morrre...
The angels are flyin so low, singin to you
(Don't you hear me callin you?)
He's the one you love... ('cause I hear 'em callin me...)
And he's the one you trust... (...like our time is almost through)
Time is runnin out (There's nothin left to do)
When they're callin you...
When the angels call like.. (I answer)
[Diddy]
Falling....for you...
I will tell the angels, "No"
Let 'em turn back into stone
I doooo... (I do...) love you... (love you...)
It's true.... (It's true...)
Fire... climbing...
We ignore the angels' call!
They were warnings after all
It's cool... if I'm....
With you....
When the angels call like...
[Chorus]
YOOOOOOOO-HOOO!
If you don't wanna stay you can GOOOOO-OHH...
It seems love don't live here no morrre...
The angels are flyin so low, singin to you
(Don't you hear me callin you?)
He's the one you love... ('cause I hear 'em callin me...)
And he's the one you trust... (...like our time is almost through)
Time is runnin out (There's nothin left to do)
When they're callin you...
When the angels call like.. (I answer)
[The Notorious B.I.G.]
Uh, uh, uh
Ain't no shook hands in Brook-land
Army fatigue -my fatigue, the enemies
Look man, you wanna see me locked up, shot up
Moms crotched up over the casket, screamin BASTARD
Cryin, know my friends is lyin
Y'all know who killed 'em filled 'em with the lugars from they Rugers
Or they Desert, dyin ain't the shit but it's pleasant
Kinda quiet, watch my niggaz bring the riot..
Uh, uh, uh...
It's that Dirty Money...
[Diddy - outro (repeat 'til fade)]
i never thought i'd leave you
i cherished the day i found you
oh i'm just a little naïve i can't live with or without you
i know that nothing's perfect you can't say the words to keep me here
i needed some comfort but love leaves again
baby don't tell me it's alright when everything's all so wrong
i can't stop thinking about you
can somebody hear me
calling all little angels
'cos i'm in trouble again
so i'm calling all little angels
if there's anybody out there
oh i need a friend
i think good things about you
all the time that i'm without you
oh i'm just a little confused
say you love me won't you
and i know that it's not easy
you can't say the words i need to hear
i need some comfort and love leaves again
baby don't tell me it's alright when everything's all so wrong
i won't stop thinking about you
can somebody hear me
calling all little angels
'cos i'm in trouble again
and i'm calling all little angels
if there's anybody out there
oh i need a friend
we could get high
we could be anything we want to be
we could reach for the sky
so why?
you could have told me that heaven would only help me this time
i'm calling all little angels
'cos i'm in trouble again
and i'm calling all little angels
if there's anybody out there
calling all little angels
'cos i'm in trouble again
so i'm calling all little angels
if there's anybody out there
oh i need a friend
All songs written and performed by Stretch Princess
Glitteros Publishing/Rocksexy Music/Darwee Music/Renfield Music (ASCAP)
Outside a church on a Friday night
Saw the lights were on, so he stepped inside
Walked the straightest line to the nearest pew
Bowed his head and spoke to you
Said I know it's been a while and I must confess
That since our last talk I've become a mess
It's falling all apart, there's nowhere left to turn
Oh God, are you listening in the heavens tonight
And God, we need you more than ever tonight
So close your eyes and start to breathe
They're all around, do you believe
That angels fight to ease your worried heart
Keep whispering your broken prayers
They're reaching down to meet you there
And standing guard to walk you through the fear
I know angels are near
Turning off the lights, no peace at all
The pictures of her son hang on her wall
He's half the world away, gone to join the fight
He grew up overnight, she's proud of all he's done
But what's a mom to do when it's her only son
All that she can pray is that he makes it home alive
Oh God, she's looking to the heavens tonight
And God, she needs you more than ever tonight
In our life of joy and pain
Even when it's dark, still a light remains
You find it at a place where hope and fears align
If we close our eyes and start to breathe
They're all around, do you believe
That angels fight to ease our worried hearts
Keep whispering your broken prayers
They're reaching down to meet us here
And standing guard to walk us through the fear
[destinee] Where have all the angels gone i've been listening for them when will they come around i see drakness every day but with some help from above things are gonna change they never stay the same.
[all]Angels can you hear me calling. Angels can you stop the rain from falling i know that your watching watching over me and angels I ,I believe.
[ariel]there been things i can't eplain I found my prayers get answered almost instanly what about all of those signs I've been following them They lead my life they guide me towards a light.
[chours]
[paris]maybe the people that we know maybe they'rer still with us even when they're gone oh I like to think that hevaen is a place on earth oh i like to think that everyone above is taking turns watching me.
LIGHT REFLECTS FROM YOUR SHADOW
IT IS MORE THAN I THOUGHT COULD EXIST
YOU MOVE THROUGH THE ROOM
LIKE BREATHING WAS EASY
IF SOMEONE BELIEVED ME
THEY WOULD BE
AS IN LOVE WITH YOU AS I AM
THEY WOULD BE
AS IN LOVE WITH YOU AS I AM
THEY WOULD BE
IN LOVE, LOVE, LOVE
AND EVERYDAY
I AM LEARNING ABOUT YOU
THE THINGS THAT NO ONE ELSE SEES
AND THE END COMES TOO SOON
LIKE DREAMING OF ANGELS
AND LEAVING WITHOUT THEM
AND LEAVING WITHOUT THEM
BEING
AS IN LOVE WITH YOU AS I AM
BEING
AS IN LOVE WITH YOU AS I AM
BEING
AS IN LOVE, LOVE, LOVE
AND WITH WORDS UNSPOKEN
A SILENT DEVOTION
I KNOW YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN
AND THE END IS UNKNOWN
BUT I THINK I’M READY
AS LONG AS YOU’RE WITH ME
BEING
AS IN LOVE WITH YOU AS I AM
BEING
AS IN LOVE WITH YOU AS I AM
BEING
Come on, lay your halo down
Well, angels, lay your arms around
Oh every city's seen the setting sun
Call 'em kicks, you know they just begun
So come on, lay your halo down
Oh, lady lady, don't let your worry please
Well you got something
and that ain't nothing to just let be
So why you kicking all those storms around?
And keeping fake down in the underground?
Oh come on, lay your halo down
So why you kicking all the rollies round?
And keeping fake down in the underground?
We won't call curtain
still we know that you have found...
Come on, lay your halo down
Angels, lay your arms around
Oh every city's seen the setting sun
Call em kicks, you know they've just begun
She laughs when she wants to cry
She smiles but she doesn't know
Why the world takes it's toll on her
I try and talk some sense to you
But only you can help yourself to
Understand what's going on
Angels don't come here often
Angels don't usually soften the fall
Do you think you can help me
Do you think I'll find some freedom
Do you think life's just one big struggle
Or are there little angels looking after me
You fill your days with triviality hoping
That it's just what you want to be
But the truth keeps circling you
Just take a jump you maybe the fool
But I guarantee the empress looks after you
She'll never let you fall apart
Angels do come here often
Angels do usually soften the fall
Yes I think I can help you
Yes I know you'll find some freedom
Yes I think life's just one big struggle
But there are many angels looking after you
Yes I think I can help you
Yes I know you'll find some freedom
Yes I think life's just one big struggle
But there are many angels looking after you
Looking after you, looking after you
Looking after you
Angels
Angels
Looking after
Looking after you
I sit and wait
Does an angel contemplate my fate
And do they know
The places where we go
When we're grey and old
'cos I've been told
That salvation lets their wings unfold
So when I'm lying in my bed
Thoughts running through my head
And I feel that love is dead
I'm loving angels instead
Chorus
And through it all she offers me protection
A lot of love and affection
Whether I'm right or wrong
And down the waterfall
Wherever it may take me
I know that life won't break me
When I come to call she won't forsake me
I'm loving angels instead
When I'm feeling weak
And my pain walks down a one way street
I look above
And I know I'll always be blessed with love
And as the feeling grows
She breathes flesh to my bones
And when love is dead
I'm loving angels instead
Chorus
And through it all she offers me protection
A lot of love and affection
Whether I'm right or wrong
And down the waterfall
Wherever it may take me
I know that life won't break me
When I come to call she won't forsake me
I'm loving angels instead
I sit and wait
Does an angel contemplate my fate
And do they know
The places where we go
When we're grey and old
'cos I have been told
That salvation lets their wings unfold
So when I'm lying in my bed
Thoughts running through my head
And I feel the love is dead
I'm loving angels instead
And through it all she offers me protection
A lot of love and affection
Whether I'm right or wrong
And down the waterfall
Wherever it may take me
I know that life won't break me
When I come to call she won't forsake me
I'm loving angels instead
When I'm feeling weak
And my pain walks down a one way street
I look above
And I know I'll always be blessed with love
And as the feeling grows
She breathes flesh to my bones
And when love is dead
I'm loving angels instead
And through it all she offers me protection
A lot of love and affection
Whether I'm right or wrong
And down the waterfall
Wherever it may take me
I know that life won't break me
When I come to call she won't forsake me
I'm loving angels instead
And through it all she offers me protection
A lot of love and affection
Whether I'm right or wrong
And down the waterfall
Wherever it may take me
I know that life won't break me
When I come to call she won't forsake me
I'm loving angels instead
Ain't no shook hands in Brooklyn
Army fatigued then fatigue the enemies
Look man, you wanna see me locked up, shot up
Moms crouched up over the casket screamin', "Bastard!"
Cryin', know my friends is lyin'
I know who killed 'em, filled 'em
With 'em Lugers from they rugers or they Deserts
Dyin' ain't the shit but it's pleasant
Kinda quiet, watch my niggas bring the riot
Came from the heaven just to sing a song for you
To the rhythm of my love for you
And now it's beating slow and you know
This the end of the road
When I sing this slow song for you
And love was nothin' but another gun for you
And I would hide it in my hopeless soul
I'm not afraid to go down the road where we go
I don't know, you can hear them callin', don't you?
When the angels call like
Yo, if you don't wanna stay you can go
But since love don't live here no more
The angels are flyin' so low
Singin' to you
Don't you hear them callin' you?
(He's the one you love)
'Cause I hear them callin' me
(And he's the one you trust)
Now that time is almost through
(Time is runnin' out)
There's nothin' left to do
(When they're callin' you)
When the angels call like
(I answer)
For me, for you
I will tell the angels no
Let them turn back into stone
I do love you
It's true
Fire climbing
We ignore the angels call, they were warnings after all
It's cool if I pick you
When the angels call like
Yo, if you don't wanna stay you can go
But since love don't live here no more
The angels are flyin' so low
Singin' to you
Don't you hear them callin' you?
(He's the one you love)
'Cause I hear them callin' me
(And he's the one you trust)
Now that time is almost through
(Time is runnin' out)
There's nothin' left to do
(When they're callin' you)
When the angels call like
(I answer)
Ain't no shook hands in Brooklyn
Army fatigued then fatigue the enemies
Look man, you wanna see me locked up, shot up
Moms crouched up over the casket screamin', "Bastard!"
Cryin', know my friends is lyin'
I know who killed 'em, filled 'em
With 'em Lugers from they rugers or they Deserts
Dyin' ain't the shit but it's pleasant
Kinda quiet, watch my niggas bring the riot
When the angels call like
When the angels call like
When the angels call like
When the angels call like
When the angels call like
I sit and wait
does an angel contemplate my fate
And do they know
The places where we go
When we're grey and old
'cause I have been told
That salvation lets their wings unfold
So when I'm lying in my bed
Thoughts running through my head
And I feel that love is dead
I'm loving angels instead
And through it all she offers me protection
A lot of love and affection
Whether I'm right or wrong
And down the waterfall
Wherever it may take me
I know that life won't break me
When I come to call
She won't forsake me
I'm loving angels instead
When I'm feeling weak
And my pain walks down a one way street
I look above
And I know I'll always be blessed with love
And as the feeling grows
She brings flesh to my bones
And when love is dead
I'm loving angels instead
And through it all she offers me protection
A lot of love and affection
Whether I'm right or wrong
And down the waterfall
Wherever it may take me
I know that life won't break me
When I come to call
She won't forsake me
I'm loving angels instead
(Instrumental)
And through it all she offers me protection
A lot of love and affection
Whether I'm right or wrong
And down the waterfall
Wherever it may take me
I know that life won't break me
When I come to call
She won't forsake me
Angels fly around her heart
"Love can heal" they softly call
When trouble comes to the ones she loves
Her angels come
They ease all suffering
They heal all pain
Her angels come like healing rain
Love and angels conquer all
Like rain her healing angels fall
Love and angels conquer all
Her healing angels softly call
"Amen"
Call a truce, call a war
Everyone is a bastard, everyone is a whore
Everyone is a saint, everyone is redeemed
Everyone is at the mercy of another one's dream
She eases suffering
Heals the pain
Her angels come like healing rain
Love and angels conquer all
Like rain her healing angels fall
Love and angels conquer all
Her healing angels softly call
"Amen"
"Aaa-men"
Late at night when dreams are kings
I got nervous about what dark brings
I call her name
She pulls me tight
She whispers, "Everything's all right"
She eases suffering
Heals all pain
Her angels come like healing rain
Love and angels conquer all
Like rain her healing angels fall
Love and angels conquer all
Her healing angels softly call
"Amen"
Call a truce, call a war
Everyone is a bastard, everyone is a whore
Everyone is a saint, everyone is redeemed
On the clifftop,
Of the blessed,
He flaps his elbows and he
Wears a dress,
Soon he's flying,
Over town,
He sees the floods, the fires, he laughs,
Turning to the clouds,
They called him weak and they were wrong,
Cos Angel knows where he belongs.
Angels, angels,
Keep the angels off my back.
Angels, angels,
Keep the angels off my back.
So sue your baker,
Sue your tailor,
And your childhood sweetheart too,
And anyone who knows.
With wings of white and skin of blue,
Tomorrow belongs to you.
Angels, angels,
Keep the angels off my back.
I've got a message for you.
I've got a message for you,
All the tortured boys and girls,
Can go where he has gone.
Angels, angels,
Keep the angels off my back.
Angels, angels,
[for my friend far away]
I can feel your sorrow here
While you're far away
Reading your virtual tears
Things, words can not say
I try to draw a helping hand into your mind
We are much stronger now to fight with Father Time
You don't have to break down crying on your knees
Let me sing these words to forget all your fears
You, you don't have to lose the faith to carry on
Lock my voice into your heart - the pain has gone
Tears of thousand angels guide your way
Let them take your aching soul away
Open up your tired troubled heart
Let the angels give you a new start
Time is ticking in your head
This world is too slow
Try to close your worn out eyes
Just let yourself go
Try to understand my words:
"It's all just a game"
Let the angels sing their songs
And we will meet again
You don't have to break down crying on your knees
Let me sing these words to forget all your fears
You, you don't have to lose the faith to carry on
Lock my voice into your heart - the pain has gone
Tears of thousand angels guide your way
Let them take your aching soul away
Open up your tired troubled heart
Let the angels give you a new start
Angels cry
Close your eye
Clear your mind
Don't look behind
All shut up! Don't break the silence!
The sleep of angels prevents violence
Blades of angels will protect
Golden billion will dominate
Sleep sleep sleep
My fading world
Handmade angels keep us all
Dissipate
Your mad mad life
Angels still are on our side
Pray for peace - prepare for war
The base of human life is these words
Will to live
Will to survive
Will to rule and to divide
Stop right now
Reflect about
What you ll lose when last war start?
Work and house
Your credit noose
Think sometimes: what do they lose?
Angels of silence
Freedom and calm
Angels of justice
Fly one by one
Keep the silence, cold steel Angels
From second sunrise of innocence
Save from pain and torture, Angels
Keep the peace for human race
5 4 3 2 1 Start the Angels
Angels of silence
Bringers of peace
Angels of justice
The road is long and hard
and stays when I'm not there
because I'm giving all I am
but some want this
The nights are getting cold
I know that you don't care
I'm singing out this song
it's why hope and pray
shake is worst do your grave
well will you hear what I have to say
Chorus:
It's nothing left till is nowhere to hide
just change you feel like you're so all rise
but there's nothing at all your face
just prepare and never race
when all the walls you feel fall down
mirrors like there's no one around
I'll be there till the angels take your pace
And for fire float re-burst
I know the lesson life
it's all eternal way really worth it in the end
the smile the road is fake
how much more it take
till we find a place in the way
the way to throat against
take this words to your grave
when you hear what I have to say
[Chorus:]
I'll give it back if you give it to me
there's nothing left for me to be
and I'll take it back if you tear in the way
'cause I'll find the word to say today
[Chorus:]
Your pace, your pace, your pace,
give it back if you give it to me
I'll tell you back if you tear in the way
when all the walls you feel fall down
mirrors like there's no one around
Our fantasy, a story-book that never ends
The greatest gift but we can't hold in our hands
The gate to mystical dimensions and to things that live in dreams
Gives us the chance to leave our path and that much further than it seems
There's more behind than we imagine a secret realm of space and time
It is beginning without end until the day we die
What is inside a dead man and his restless mind
A genius state, just dead life suffering from time?
Into oblivion he drowns a lurking flame inside still glows
The physical death means no end existence are we allowed to give new life
An endless dancing on a thin edge until the day we die
Technical development gives no-one the right to act godsent
I sit and wait
does an angel contemplate my fate
and do they know
the places where we go
when we're grey and old
'cos I've been told
that salvation lets their wings unfold
so when I'm lying in my bed
thoughts running through my head
and I feel that love is dead
I'm loving angels instead
and through it all she offers me protection
a lot of love and affection
whether I'm right or wrong
and down the waterfall
wherever it may take me
I know that life wont break me
when I come to call she wont forsake me
I'm loving angels instead
when I'm feeling weak
and my pain walks down a one way street
I look above
and I know ill always be blessed with love
and as the feeling grows
she breathes flesh to my bones
and when love is dead
I'm loving angels instead
and through it all she offers me protection
a lot of love and affection
whether I'm right or wrong
and down the waterfall
wherever it may take me
I know that life wont break me
when I come to call she wont forsake me
Contemplating all my wrongs
intercepting all my thoughts
locked inside your fragile walls
you dont know me
you dont own my soul
did you think id give it up
are you crazy
loose what ive become
check my tone youve pissed me off
i dont know you you
dont know me
yeah yeah oh yeah
so you wanna get loud with me
so you wanna throw down with me
so ya wanna go
yeah yeah oh yeah
so you wanna get loud with me
so you wanna throw down with me
so ya wanna go
anticipating all the cost feel
the weight of all ive lost
then you place me under oath
you dont know me
you dont own my soul
take your shots its all been done
your so crazy
sitting on your throne
check my tone youve pissed me off
i dont know you
you dont know me
yeah yeah oh yeah
So you wanna get loud with me
so you wanna throw down with me
so ya wanna go
yeah yeah oh yeah
so you wanna get loud with me
so you wanna throw down with me
so ya wanna go
i see angels all around me i see angels you cant touch me
yeah yeah oh yeah
so you wanna get loud with me
so you wanna throw down
with me so ya wanna go
yeah yeah oh yeah
so you wanna get loud with me
so you wanna throw down with me
I believe in magic,
I believe in miracles.
Can it be you're an angel?
An angel in disguise.
It seems so easy,
You can hypnotise.
You can hypnotise.
I believe in magic,
I believe in miracles.
You drive me crazy,
Do you realise?
It seems so easy,
You can hypnotise.
She grew up with the Rolling Stones
Playing through her stereo phones
She lies in the bed
Wishing she was there at the show
Her daddy come home screaming again
Her mama fights back but she can't win
Daddy's little girl
The daughter of a street fighting man
She sings angels are coming to save me
Angels are coming to see me through
So take me away on your jet plane
Take me around the world
Cause ain't that what angels do
Ten years down the road
She got a job that she can't hold
She married to a man
He ain't worth a damn and she knows
She cries as she packs her bag
Finds an old record to scratch
She rolls though the den
Puts it on and spins through the past
She sings angels are coming to save me
Angels are coming to see me through
So take me away on your jet plane
Take me around the world
Cause ain't that what angels do
All right, yeaaaaaa
Yeaaaaaah
Angels are coming to save me
Angels are coming to see me through
So take me away on your jet plane
Take me around the world
Cause ain't that what angels do
She grew up with the Rolling Stones
Playing through her stereo phones
She lies in the bed
CHORUS
I know angels don't fall that often
Baby I'll catch you catch you catch you
Before you hit the ground ooh
And I know angels don't fall that often
Baby I'll catch you catch you catch you
Before you hit the ground ooh
VERSE I
She's had her heart broken millions of times (oh yeah)
And now she looks for love wherever she finds (ooh oh)
I'm gonna take her tears and whisper in her ear
It's OK from here it's gonna be alright
PRE-CHORUS
'Cause she's coming down fast and someone's gotta break her fall
And a voice in the back of my head calls
CHORUS
I know angels don't fall that often
Baby I'll catch you catch you catch you
Before you hit the ground
And I know angels don't fall that often
Baby I'll catch you catch you catch you
Before you hit the ground
INTERLUDE
Oo-oo-oo-ooh oo-oo-oo-ooh
Baby I'll catch you catch you catch you
Before you hit the ground
VERSE II
I wanna take her frown turn it upside down (down)
I wanna show her the love she's been talking about
I ain't no superman but save her I can
So right here I'll stand as she comes crashing down (yeah)
PRE-CHORUS
'Cause she's coming down fast and someone's gotta break her fall
And a voice in the back of my head calls
CHORUS
I know angels don't fall that often
Baby I'll catch you catch you catch you
Before you hit the ground
And I know angels don't fall that often
Baby I'll catch you catch you catch you
Before you hit the ground
INTERLUDE
Oo-oo-oo-ooh oo-oo-oo-ooh
Baby I'll catch you catch you catch you
Before you hit the ground (yeah)
BRIDGE
Us crashing into each other like this
Could only mean explosions
So we can never not co-exist
Without feeling some sort of destruction oh
INTERLUDE
Oo-oo-oo-ooh oo-oo-oo-ooh
Baby I'll catch you catch you catch you
Before you hit the ground
Said oo-oo-oo-ooh oo-oo-oo-ooh
Baby I'll catch you catch you catch you
Before you hit the ground
CHORUS
I know angels don't fall that often (angels don't fall)
Baby I'll catch you catch you catch you
Before you hit the ground (before you hit the ground)
And I know angels don't fall that often
Baby I'll catch you catch you catch you
Before you hit the ground
OUTRO (with oo-oo-oo-ooh oo-oo-oo-ooh)
I know angels don't fall that often
Baby I'll catch you catch you catch you
Before you hit the ground (before you hit the ground)
I know angels don't fall that often
Baby I'll catch you catch you catch you
I sit and wait
Does an angel contemplate my faith
And do they know
The places where we go
When we're grey and old
'cause I've been told
That salvation lets their wings unfold
So when I'm lying in my bed
Thoughts running through my head
And I feel that love is dead
I'm loving angels instead
And through it all she offers me protection
A lot of love and affection
Wether I'm right or wrong
And down the waterfall
Wherever it may take me
I know that life won't break me
When I come to call she won't forsake me
I'm loving angels instead
When I'm feeling weak
And my pain walks down a one way street
I look above
And I know I'll always be blessed with love
And as the feeling grows
She breathes flesh to my bones
And when love is dead
I'm loving angels instead
And through it all she offers me protection
A lot of love and affection
Wether I'm right or wrong
And down the waterfall
Wherever it may take me
I know that life won't break me
When I come to call she won't forsake me
I'm loving angels instead
And through it all she offers me protection
A lot of love and affection
Wether I'm right or wrong
And down the waterfall
Wherever it may take me
I know that life won't break me
When I come to call she won't forsake me
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